id: 151379 accession number: 1983.219 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.219 updated: Savarin Suite, 1978–79. Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930), Universal Limited Art Editions. Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1983.219 © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY title: Savarin Suite title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1978–79 creation date earliest: 1978 creation date latest: 1979 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY --- culture: America, 20th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930) - artist * Universal Limited Art Editions - printer and publisher --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1983 opening date: 1984-02-22T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). title: A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland opening date: 2019-05-05T04:00:00 A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Fendrick Gallery, Washington DC and New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: ?-1983 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1983- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Nearly two decades before making these prints, Jasper Johns created a sculpture with the same image of paintbrushes in a Savarin coffee can. digital description: Since 1960 Jasper Johns has frequently depicted a Savarin coffee can filled with his paintbrushes, a reference to his studio practice. The image is typical of Johns’s work, which features everyday objects imbued with meaning through his handling of materials. By expressively layering lithographic ink or using his own fingerprints as a compositional element, Johns made his presence evident throughout the series. These personal connections to the artist’s practice suggest that the image may function as a symbolic self-portrait. wall description: Since 1960 Jasper Johns has frequently depicted a Savarin coffee can filled with his paintbrushes, a reference to his studio practice. The image is typical of Johns’s work, which features everyday objects imbued with meaning through his handling of materials. By expressively layering lithographic ink or using his own fingerprints as a compositional element, Johns made his presence evident throughout the series. These personal connections to the artist’s practice suggest that the image may function as a symbolic self-portrait. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
Savarin 3 (Red) only page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 359 url: --- IMAGES