Study for "Painting with Two Balls"
Date
1960
Artist
Jasper Johns, American, b. Augusta, Georgia, 1930
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, to 4 February 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 February 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MODERNA MUSEET, Stockholm. "4 Americans: Jasper Johns, Alfred Leslie, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Stankiewicz," 17 March-6 May 1962, no. 19, ill. TOUR: STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, 18 May-18 June; KUNSTHALLE, Bern, 7 July-2 September.
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Jasper Johns," 13 February-12 April 1964, no. 110.
WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, London. "Jasper Johns: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture," 25 November-31 December 1964, no. 85.
PASADENA ART MUSEUM, California. "Jasper Johns," 26 January-28 February 1965, no. 98.
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Drawings of Jasper Johns," 6 October-13 November 1966, no. 15.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970," 18 October 1969-1 February 1970, no. 151, ill. p. 193.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Drawing Now: 1955-1975," 21 January-9 March 1976, no. 21. TOUR: KUNSTHAUS, Zurich, 9 October-14 November; STAATLICHE KUNSTHALLE, Baden-Baden, 24 November-16 January 1977; GRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG ALBERTINA, Vienna, 28 January-6 March; SONJA HENIE-NIELS ONSTAD FOUNDATION, Oslo, 17 March-24 April; TEL AVIV MUSEUM, Israel, 11 May-2 July.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Jasper Johns, A Retrospective Exhibition," 18 October 1977-22 January 1978, no. 66. TOUR: MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany, 10 February-26 March; CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris, 18 April-4 June; HAYWARD GALLERY, London, 21 June-30 July; SEIBU MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, 19 August-26 September; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 20 October-10 December.
SMITHSONIAN CASTLE BUILDING, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Castle Exhibition I," 27 March-27 September 1986, no cat.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "The Drawings of Jasper Johns," 20 May-29 July 1990, cat. TOUR: KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL, Switzerland, 19 August-28 October; HAYWARD GALLERY, London, 29 November-3 February 1991; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 22 February-7 April.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Jasper Johns: Love and Death," 22 October 1993-20 February 1994, no cat.
Published References
STEINBERG, LEO. "Jasper Johns," Metro 4/5 (May 1962), no. 15, ill. p. 25.
STEINBERG, LEO. Jasper Johns (New York: George Wittenborn, 1963), no. 15, ill. p. 25.
JOHNSON, UNA E. Drawings of the Masters: 20th Century Drawings, Part II, 1940 to the Present (New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1964), pl. 58, p. 90.
JOHNSON, UNA E. Les Plus Beaux Dessins du 20e Siècle, 1940-1965 (Paris: Éditions du Chêne, 1967), ill. p. 90.
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970 (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969), no. 151, ill. p. 193.
UNSIGNED. Jasper Johns Drawings (London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1974), ill. p. 41.
WHITTET, G. S. "On Target but Off Centre, Studio International (February 1965), p. 78.
SHAPIRO, DAVID. Jasper Johns: Drawings 1954-1984 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984), pl. 51, n.p.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2597
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal, pastel, and pencil on paper
Dimensions
24 3/8 × 18 11/16 in. (61.9 × 47.4 cm)
