Target
Florence and Joseph Singer were discerning collectors of contemporary American prints. Among the more than one hundred works they gifted to The Met were thirty-one important early prints and portfolios by Johns, including Target, the first print he editioned and published. In 1960, Tatyana Grosman gave Johns a lithographic stone to entice him to make prints at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), her fine art print publishing company. Johns, new to the technique, drew a bull’s-eye-like target on the stone as it was easy to create, symmetrical, and did not need to be drawn in reverse. As both image and object, the target is a motif closely associated with Johns. He debuted the form in 1955 and has subsequently engaged it in various configurations and mediums over the decades.
Artwork Details
- Title: Target
- Artist: Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930)
- Printer: Robert Blackburn (American, Summit, New Jersey 1920–2003 New York)
- Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions
- Date: 1960
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: sheet: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (57.2 x 44.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Florence and Joseph Singer Collection, 1967
- Object Number: 67.813.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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