Leg and Chair
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- Title
Leg and Chair
- Artist
- Date
1971
- Medium
lithograph on paper
- Edition
65/66
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
35 in x 29 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
edition: 65/66, upper left
signature; date: J Johns '71, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Karen and Harry Groth
- Accession Number
73.30.1
- Copyright
© Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
- Terms
Leg and Chair is part of a series of prints Jasper Johns made in 1971, related to his seminal painting "According to What" (1964). Painted just after his first retrospective exhibition, it gathers disparate and previously used motifs and techniques, and can be seen as the summary of his artistic development. He refers to the painting in his "Sketchbook Notes" (published in 1965), "The watchman falls 'into' the trap of looking." The upside down figure, then, becomes the viewer or critic. This reflects Johns's ongoing interest in provoking the spectator to note illusion, transformation, and habits of viewing.
- Exhibitions
1996 Signs of the Times Portland Art Museum
