Figure 7, from Color Numeral Series (ULAE 66)

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JASPER JOHNS
Figure 7, from Color Numeral Series (ULAE 66)
lithograph in colors, 1969, on Arjomari, signed and dated in purple pencil, numbered 18/40 in pencil (there were also 9 artist's proofs), with the Gemini G.E.L. blindstamps, Los Angeles, with full margins, a few unobtrusive spots of stray orange printing ink, very soft rippling, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 27¾ x 22¼ in. (705 x 565 mm.)
S. 38 x 31 in. (965 x 787 mm.)

Lot Essay

"Johns' Color Numeral Series, and especially this print, Figure 7, are examples of his greatness as a printmaker. To create this print, colors were applied to the palette and rolled onto the stone in one sweep. Johns devised a systematic formulation of the color progressions: the 0 begins with the three primaries: red, yellow, and blue; the 9 ends the series with the three secondaries: orange, green, and purple -- the new colors are always introduced at the top of each succeeding image, so that the series emphasizes the flow and continuity fo the color fields. The colors of Figure 7 are purple, red and orange. Johns pictures Mona Lisa because he has been a lifelong fan of Marcel Duchamp's work." (Field, 1970; pp. 104-13).

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