Artist
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)American, born 1930
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)
Date1984
Made inUnited States
MediumEncaustic on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 55 1/4 × 118 1/2 in. (140.3 × 301 cm)
Three canvases, each: 55 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (140.3 × 100.3 cm)
Three canvases, each: 55 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (140.3 × 100.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Object number2000.421
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Jasper Johns/Loans from the Artist," Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, October 21, 1997–February 15, 1998.
"Jasper Johns: A Retrospective," Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 20, 1996–January 21, 1997.
"Recent Accessions: Jasper Johns, Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue): Every Solution is a New Beginnning," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14, 2000–January 1, 2001.
"Modern Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 3, 2002–September 2, 2002.
"Jasper Johns: Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2005–January 23, 2006.
"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.
"Jasper Johns: The Traces of Memory," Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Spain, January 27–April 24, 2011.
"Art Across America," National Museum of Korea, Seoul, February 4–May 19, 2013; Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea, June 17–September 1, 2013.
"Selections from the Museum's Collection: Post-War Painting and Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 5–September 5, 2016.
"Jasper Johns: 100 Variations on a Theme," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 28, 2019–February 16, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on verso: "Exhibition: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective / Artist: Jasper Johns / Title-Date: ¦Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)¦. 1984 / Encaustic on canvas (3 panels) / Medium: / Museum No.: #0202 96.1120 / Box No.: 22 / The Museum of Modern Art / 11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10010"
The painting is apparently unsigned.
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Jan Weenix
c. 1675
Oil on canvas
2001.82
