Flag (painting)
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Flag is an encaustic painting by the American artist Jasper Johns. It was created in 1954–1955, when Johns was 24, two years after he was discharged from the U.S. Army. This painting was the first of
Jasper Johns's 'Flag', Encaustic, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood,1954 55
Detail of Flag (1954–55). Museum of Modern Art, New York. This image illustrates Johns's early technique of painting with thick, dripping encaustic over a collage made from found materials such as newspaper. This rough method of construction is rarely visible in photographic reproductions of his work.
White Flag (painting)
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White Flag is an encaustic painting by the American artist Jasper Johns. Created in 1955, soon after his first flag painting, entitled simply Flag, it was the first painting by Johns to be acquired by
Flag (painting)
…the 48 stars are not identical. It is dated 1954 on its reverse. Johns made over 40 works based on the U.S. flag, including the large and monochrome White Flag in 1955, and his 1958 work Three Flags, with three superimposed flags showing a total of 84 stars. His 48-star Flag from 1958 was purchased in 2010 by…
White Flag at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 (with observer)