Description
In 1963, Johns began a series of prints that featured his own body parts as their principal imagery. As with Pinion, the artist spent more time than usual completing these prints. This print closely echoes a 1962 drawing, Study for Skin I. Prophetically, Johns included a poem by Frank O’Hara, who would die in 1966.
Accession Number
98688
Medium
Lithograph in black from two stones on commercially printed off-white semi-transparent wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 53.9 × 83.9 cm (21 1/4 × 33 1/16 in.); Sheet: 55.9 × 86.3 cm (22 1/16 × 34 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Credit Line
U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund