Jasper Johns
Cicada

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Artist Jasper Johns American, born 1930

CultureAmerican

Titles

Cicada

Date1979

Made inUnited States

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2005.34

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"American Abstract Painting: 1960–1980," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, June 19–August 24, 1985.

"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.

"En esto ver aquello. Octavio Paz y el arte," Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, September 4, 2014–January 4, 2015.

"Johns/Munch," Munch Museum, Oslo, June 18–September 25, 2016; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, November 19, 2016–February 19, 2017.

"Jasper Johns: Crosshatch," Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, November 8, 2019–January 18, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Seven printed and typed back labels (see media file and accession file for images):

"GUGGENHEIM / ...543.83 / ... / On loan to The Solomon R. Guggenheim / Museum, New York from a Private Collection"

"MARGO LEAVIN GALLERY / ... / 'American Abstract Painting: / 1960-1980' / 19 June - 24 August 1985"

"THE COLUMBIA MUSEUM / ... / South Carolina: The State of the Arts / An Invitational/Juried Exhibition / (April 13 - June 29, 1986)"

"WADSWORTH ATHENEUM / HARTFORD, CONN. / TL.2001.36.7.1 / ..."

"Leo Castelli... / (256)..."

Printed signature in silver "JASPER JOHNS"... / label text... / #LC 256"

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