Jasper Johns
Ventriloquist

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Artist Jasper Johns American, born 1930

Printer Keith Brintzenhofe

Print studio Universal Limited Art Editions, Ltd.Bay Shore, New York

Publisher Universal Limited Art Editions, Ltd.Bay Shore, New York

CultureAmerican

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Ventriloquist

Date1985

Published inWest Islip, New York, United States

Printed inWest Islip, New York, United States

MediumOffset lithograph in colors, edition 45/67

DimensionsSheet: 40 11/16 × 27 3/4 in. (103.4 × 70.5 cm)
Frame: 53 × 39 × 1 1/2 in. (134.6 × 99.1 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. W. Bryan Trammell, Jr.

Object number85.107

Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Public and Private: American Prints Today," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, February 7–May 5, 1986; Traveled to Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, July 28–September 7, 1986; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, September 29–November 9, 1986; Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, December 1, 1986–January 11, 1987; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 1–March 22, 1987.

"Images on Stone: Two Centuries of Artists' Lithographs," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, October 30–December 19, 1987; Traveled to San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, March 3–April 3, 1988; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, April 21–July 3, 1988; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, September 22–October 30, 1988.

"Some Works on Paper We're Proud to Have Sold: Our Tenth Anniversary," Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, September 24–October 22, 1994.

"Jasper Johns’ Ventriloquism: Where Does the Voice Come From?," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 18–July 28, 2002.

“Jasper Johns: Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2005–January 23, 2006.

Catalogue raisonnéULAE 223

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