id: 147517
accession number: 1973.28
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.28
updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:34.524000
Reconstruction, 1959. Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930). Encaustic and collage on canvas; framed: 154 x 114.5 x 4 cm (60 5/8 x 45 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 155 x 111.7 cm (61 x 44 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase, Accessions Reserve Fund, and Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1973.28 © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
title: Reconstruction
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creation date: 1959
creation date earliest: 1959
creation date latest: 1959
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creditline: Purchase, Accessions Reserve Fund, and Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright: © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: encaustic and collage on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 154 x 114.5 x 4 cm (60 5/8 x 45 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 155 x 111.7 cm (61 x 44 in.)
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inscription: Inscribed on back of canvas: Reconstruction/ J. Johns '59
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1973
opening date: 1974-01-30T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
title: Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976
opening date: 1976-03-07T05:00:00
Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).
title: Abstract Expressionism in the United States
opening date: 1996-10-10T00:00:00
Abstract Expressionism in the United States. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (October 10, 1996-January 12, 1997).
title: Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965
opening date: 2007-01-28T00:00:00
Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (January 28-April 29, 2007).
title: Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
opening date: 2021-09-29T04:00:00
Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (September 29, 2021-February 13, 2022) https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/jasper-johns-mindmirror.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1974: "Year in Review 1973" Bulletin LXI (February 1974), p. 77, cat. no. 148, repr. p. 56.', 'opening_date': '1974-02-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Buffalo, NY. Albright Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizons: American Paintings 1776-1976, March 6-April 11, 1976, cat. no. 59 (also to Detroit Institute of Arts, May 5-June 13, 1976; Toledo Museum of Art, July 4-August 15, 1976; and The Cleveland Museum of Art, September 8-Octiber 10, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-03-06T00:00:00'}
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 255
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n275
Bernstein, Roberta, Heidi Colsman-Freyberger, Caitlin Sweeney and Betsy Stepina Zinn. Jasper Johns: Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture. NY: The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, 2017.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 156-157, cat. # P78
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Bernstein, Roberta, Heidi Colsman-Freyberger, Caitlin Sweeney and Betsy Stepina Zinn. Jasper Johns: Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture. NY: The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, 2017.
page number: Reprorreproduced: p. 119, cat #: P78
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