Winter (ULAE 248)
15 x 11 inchesWinter (ULAE 248), 1989
image: 9 ½ x 6 ½ inches
paper: 15 x 11 inches
frame: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches
edition: 34 with 7 AP's, 2 PP's, 18 HC's and 7 TP's
signed & dated in pencil "J Johns '86-89'" lower right numbered in pencil lower left
published by Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York, with their blindstamp
printed by Douglas Volle, Keith Brintzenhofe
© 2024 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Literature
Richard Field, The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne, ULAE, New York, 1994, Catalogue Reference ULAE 248, n.p., another impression reproduced in full-page color.
Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns: The Seasons, 1991, Brooke Alexander Editions, no. 50, pg. 48, another impression reproduced in full-page color.
Joan Rothfuss, Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983, Walker Art Center, Minnesota, 2003, p. 71, another impression reproduced in full-page color.
Blazwick Iwona, Jasper Johns: Shadow and Substance, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2013, pg. 34, another impression reproduced.
Exhibited
Whitney Museum of America Art, New York, Jasper Johns, October 18, 1977-January 22, 1978, another impression exhibited.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983, November 9, 2003-February 14, 2004, another impression exhibited.
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983, Mar. 7-May 30, 2004, another impression exhibited.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983, July 10-September 19, 2004, another impression exhibited.
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983, October 7, 2004–January. 2, 2005, another impression exhibited.
Selected Museum Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Additional Photos
Full Sheet
Signature & Date lower right
Edition & ULAE blindstamp lower left
Jasper Johns Winter (ULAE 248), 1989, lithograph on paper, is an image from the Artist's important Seasons series, an autobiographical reflection of the Artist’s Life. Jasper Johns "assembled artifacts and autobiographical imagery from his career to narrate the cycles of life. Inspired by Pablo Picasso's painting The Shadow, 1953, Jasper Johns Winter (ULAE 248), 1989, incorporates the "self-portrait" shadow, which also recurs in each of Jasper Johns Seasons encaustic on canvas paintings, Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall.
JASPER JOHNS WINTER
FROM THE IMPORTANT SEASONS SERIES
Jasper Johns Winter (ULAE 248), 1989, lithograph on paper, is an image from the Artist's important Seasons series, an autobiographical reflection of the Artist’s Life. Jasper Johns "assembled artifacts and autobiographical imagery from his career to narrate the cycles of life. Inspired by Pablo Picasso's painting The Shadow, 1953, Jasper Johns Winter (ULAE 248), 1989, incorporates the "self-portrait" shadow, which also recurs in each of Jasper Johns Seasons encaustic on canvas paintings, Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall.
Specifically, the Jasper Johns Seasons series includes key symbols and autobiographical iconography created by the Artist including his repeated use of the red, white and blue American Flag, the Mona Lisa, George Ohr Pottery, the Royal Silhouette Vase manufactured in Germany in 1977 for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth as well as the Artist's homage to Pablo Picasso.
Jasper Johns, arguably the most important living Post War and Contemporary Artist, established an all-time Auction World Record for the Artist November 2014, when Jasper Johns' $36 million at Sotheby's, New York. Jasper Johns holds the all-time world record for a Post War and Contemporary limited edition print by a living artist, when Jasper Johns Flags I, 1973 (ULAE 128), a color screenprint from an edition of 65 impressions fetched $1,658,500 at Christie's New York, April 26, 2016, doubling the low pre-sale estimate of $800,000 to $1,200,000.
Winter (from The Seasons), 1986, encaustic on canvas
Private Collection
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