Jasper Johns
Ocean

Ocean

© Jasper Johns and ULAE / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Published by Universal Limited Art Editions.

Ocean
Ocean
ArtistAmerican, born 1930
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ocean
Date1996
Printed inBay Shore, New York, United States
Published inBay Shore, New York, United States
MediumLithograph in colors on paper, edition 18/54
DimensionsImage: 20 1/2 × 31 in. (52.1 × 78.7 cm)
Sheet: 27 3/4 × 36 1/2 in. (70.5 × 92.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Lorence in memory of Barry Walker
Object number2012.391
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and [Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, New York, 1996]; Merce Cunningham Foundation, New York, 1996; Susan Lorence, New York, 1996-June 2012; given to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History“Modern & Contemporary Prints: Recent Accessions,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 3–July 13, 2014.

"On Common Ground: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017-January 15, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
inscribed in graphite lower left below image: 18/54
Signed in graphite lower right below image: Jasper Johns 1996
embossed lower left hand corner: ULAE
Catalogue raisonnéULAE 268

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