Usuyuki (ULAE 216)
29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inchesUsuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981
paper: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches
image: 27 x 44 3/4 inches
frame: 30 1/2 x 47 3/4 inches
edition: 85 + 15 AP's, 2 PP's
signed & dated in pencil "J Johns 81" lower right
numbered in pencil lower left.
printed by Kenjiro Nonaka, Hiroshi Kawanishi
co-published by Jasper Johns and Simca Print Artists, Inc.
© 2024 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Literature
Shigeo Chiba, Jasper Johns Prints Exhibition 1960–1989, Tokyo, 1990, Japan Art and Culture Association/Kokusai Geijutsu Bunka Shinkokai, n.p., plate 90, another impression reproduced.
Judith Goldman, Jasper Johns Prints 1977-1981, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA, 1981, n.p., Segal 35, another impression reproduced full page color.
Michel Butor, Kathleen Slavin, Jasper Johns Gravures Dessins 1960-1991, Foundation Vincent Van Gogh, 1992, no. 59, pg. 107, another impression reproduced in full-page color.
Richard Field, The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne, ULAE, New York, 1994, Catalogue Reference ULAE 216, n.p., another impression reproduced full-page color.
Elizabeth Armstrong, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, Walker Art Center, 1990, pgs. 56-57, another impression reproduced in full-page color.
Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns The Screenprints, Fisher Landau Center, 1996, plate 25, n.p., another impression reproduced in color.
Susan Lorence, Technique and Collaboration in the Prints of Jasper Johns, Castelli Gallery, New York, 1996, Catalogue Reference 31, n.p., another impression reproduced in black and white
Dana Miller, Adam D. Weinberg & Donna De Salvo, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011, another impression reproduced page 333.
Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns Usuyuki, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, 2019, plate 6, pg 31, another impression reproduced full-page color.
Carlos Basualdo, Scott Rothkopf, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021, another impression reproduced plate 30, pgs. 115, 127.
Exhibited
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective, May 19–Aug 19, 1986, another impression exhibited.
The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Prints Exhibition 1960–1989, Traveled to The Seibu Department Store, Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 26th—May 15th, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Niigata, June 7-19, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Urawa, July 18-24, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Matsudo, August 9—August 14, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Shizuoka, August 23—August 28, 1990, another impression exhibited.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, September 29, 2021 - February 13, 2022, another impression exhibited.
Foundation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, Jasper Johns Prints and Drawings from the Castelli collection, July 4-September 30, 1992, another impression exhibited.
Walker Art Center, Minnesota, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, February 18-May 13, 1990, another impression exhibited.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, June 17-August 19, 1990, another impression exhibited.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco, San Francisco, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, September 15-November 18, 1990, another impression exhibited.
Montreal Museum of Art, Montreal, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, December 14, 1990-March 10, 1991, another impression exhibited.
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, April 6-May 27, 1991, another impression exhibited.
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, June 22-August 18, 1991, another impression exhibited.
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, September 14-November 10, 1991, another impression exhibited.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, September 29, 2021-February 13, 2022, other impressions exhibited.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Broad Collection, Los Angeles
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Jasper Johns began creating his iconic Usuyuki series in 1979. Over two and half decades, Jasper Johns created approximately twenty-four artworks, including four paintings, fifteen drawings and five limited editions which include three color screenprints and two color lithographs. Each Usuyuki artwork features a crosshatch motif in a variety of designs, colors and formats. Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981, is among one of two horizontal color screenprints Jasper Johns co-published with Simca Print Artists, Inc.
JASPER JOHNS USUYUKI
Jasper Johns began creating his iconic Usuyuki series in 1979. Over two and half decades, Jasper Johns created approximately twenty-four artworks, including four paintings, fifteen drawings and five limited editions which include three color screenprints and two color lithographs. Each Usuyuki artwork features a crosshatch motif in a variety of designs, colors and formats. Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981, is among one of two horizontal color screenprints Jasper Johns co-published with Simca Print Artists, Inc.
Each of the three color screenprints in the Usuyuki series were co-published by the Artist with Simca Print Artists, Inc., founded by master printers Hiroshi Kawanishi, Kenjiro Nonaka, and Takashi Shimada; two of the Usuyuki screenprints are horizontal and one vertical. Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981, a color screenprint on Kurotani Kozo paper, a handmade paper, is among one of two horizontal color screenprints Jasper Johns co-published with Simca Print Artists, Inc.
With Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981, Johns skillfully created a complex color screeenprint by layering the entire surface with opaque and translucent strips in a grid pattern. Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981, is one of two large horizontal, complex color screenprints created by the Artist using twelve screens to create subtle gradations of color and a collage like layered effect using newsprint.
Other impressions of this masterful screenprint are in numerous prestigious museum collections, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; The Broad Collection, Los Angeles; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; The Museum of Fine . Arts, Houston.
An impression of Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981 was included in "Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss and the Cycle of Life" at the Munch Museum, Oslo, June 18, 2016 - September 25, 2016 and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 19, 2017- February 20, 2017. Another impression of Jasper Johns Usuyuki, 1981, was also included in the 2011 exhibition of The Emily Fisher Landau Collection at The Whitney Museum of American Art which the late Ms. Landau generously donated to the museum.m.
An impression of Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981 was also included in "Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror", a seven decade retrospective that opened simultaneously at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Simultaneously presented at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, which was the Artist’s most comprehensive exhibition to date, larger than either of Johns' landmark retrospectives at The Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum of Art curated by the late Michael Crichton. Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror was a stunning array of over 500 Jasper Johns paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints as well as many lesser-known and recent works, many from the Artist's personal collection and many shown for the first time ever.
Another impression of Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981 color screenprint achieved $107,000 Christie's New York, April 19, 2023.
Jasper Johns Usuyuki (ULAE 216), 1981 is one of several museum quality limited edition prints offered for sale by Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd.
#JasperJohns Usuyuki 1981 horizontal color screenprint from edition of 85 fetched $107,100 @ChristiesInc New York, April 19, 2023, exceeding $20,000 to $30,000 pre-sale estimatehttps://t.co/yycjgLXHTz pic.twitter.com/eRzEg4PSas
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