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Usuyuki

Jasper Johns American
Publisher Jasper Johns American
Publisher Simca Print Artists Inc. American
1981
Not on view
Johns began experimenting with printmaking early in his career and quickly mastered the medium, using traditional techniques to produce innovative works. "Usuyuki," Japanese for "light snow," is the title given to a series of prints that Johns created in collaboration with Simca Print Artists in the early 1980s. This technically impressive group features Johns's cross-hatching motif in a variety of designs, colors, and formats. This example, recently acquired by the Museum, is among the largest and most complicated prints from the series, utilizing twelve screens to create subtle gradations of color and a collagelike layered effect.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Usuyuki
  • Artist: Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930)
  • Publisher: Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930)
  • Publisher: Simca Print Artists Inc.
  • Date: 1981
  • Medium: Screenprint
  • Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4in. (74.9 x 120cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.479
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Jasper Johns/Simka Print Artists, Inc./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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