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Jasper Johns
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Fan account of Jasper Johns, an American painter, sculptor and printmaker.
1930
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Souvenir http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63815
Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
January 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Untitled http://www.moma.org/collection/works/84114
Gift of UBS
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Shrinky Dink 2 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/147143
Acquired through the generosity of Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Savarin http://www.moma.org/collection/works/69163
Gift of Celeste Bartos
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Target https://www.artic.edu/artworks/229351/
In the mid-1950s Jasper Johns was searching for a way to move beyond Abstract Expressionism. He took the radical step of destroying his previous work and began painting a set of motifs that included numbers, the American flag, and the alphabet. These instantly recognizable images allowed him to reintroduce subject matter into his work, freeing him to explore other painterly concerns. One of the found images that Johns employed was the target, and from 1955 to 1961 the artist produced several dozen paintings and drawings that explored this device. Initially, Johns chose a palette of primary colors, a preexisting schema as found as the image itself. The artist’s use of oil and encaustic (pigment mixed with hot wax) created a quick-drying medium that recorded each drag and drip of the brush in almost sculptural terms. Indeed, these gestural nods to his Abstract predecessors allowed him to investigate the subtle nuances between form and material. There also exists a tension between the idea of the representational (a target) and the notion of the abstract (the geometry of concentric circles). Gift of Edlis Neeson Collection
January 29, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Numeral 2 (plate, folio 7) from Foirades/Fizzles http://www.moma.org/collection/works/17387
Gift of Celeste and Armand Bartos (in perpetuity)
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Cicada II http://www.moma.org/collection/works/69634
Given anonymously
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Flags II http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63454
Acquired through the generosity of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr. in honor of Perri and Allie Blitz
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Winter from The Seasons http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71773
Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Flagstones (back endpaper) from Foirades/Fizzles http://www.moma.org/collection/works/17382
Gift of Celeste and Armand Bartos (in perpetuity)
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Pyre http://www.moma.org/collection/works/102745
Fractional and promised gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Periscope II http://www.moma.org/collection/works/68087
President's Fund Purchase, 1987, Donald B. Marron, President
January 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Painting with Two Balls I https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/5802/
Painting with Two Balls I
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Summer (frontispiece) from Poems http://www.moma.org/collection/works/15928
Gift of Joanne M. Stern
January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Untitled (ULAE S13) https://www.wikiart.org/en/jasper-johns/untitled-ulae-s13
Untitled (ULAE S13)
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Untitled http://www.moma.org/collection/works/61926
Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Diver http://www.moma.org/collection/works/89254
Partial gift of Kate Ganz and Tony Ganz in memory of their parents, Victor and Sally Ganz, and in memory of Kirk Varnedoe; Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest Fund; gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., gift of Philip L. Goodwin, bequest of Richard S. Zeisler, and anonymous gift (all by exchange). Acquired by the Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art in memory of Kirk Varnedoe
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Untitled (Negative) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/82637
Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Untitled http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71069
Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Untitled from The Geldzahler Portfolio http://www.moma.org/collection/works/61378
Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Coat Hanger II https://www.wikiart.org/en/jasper-johns/coat-hanger-ii
Coat Hanger II
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Gray Alphabets http://www.moma.org/collection/works/74608
John B. Turner Fund
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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The Seasons http://www.moma.org/collection/works/65542
Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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Handfootsockfloor (plate, folio 55) from Foirades/Fizzles http://www.moma.org/collection/works/17381
Gift of Celeste and Armand Bartos (in perpetuity)
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Numbers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/33245
Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson in honor of René d'Harnoncourt
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM