![Face with Watch [trial proof], Jasper Johns, 1996](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8ff8a1f2-3b71-4e99-823b-7ce250d8660b/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
Jasper JohnsAmerican, 1930Face with Watch [trial proof]
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2010.116.129
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Jasper Johns
The whole life1990s
Settles in Sharon, Connecticut
Since the 1990s Johns has lived and worked in Sharon, Connecticut. After his death he plans to turn the 170-acre property into a residency providing live-work space for 18 to 24 visual artists, poets, musicians and dancers at a time.
1994
Edward MacDowell Medal
In 1994 Johns was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal and became a full national academician of the National Academy of Design.
1995–1997
His own print studio, Low Road Studio
In 1995 Johns hired the master printmaker John Lund and began building a printmaking studio on his property in Sharon; in 1997 Low Road Studio was officially founded as his own publishing imprint.
1998
The Metropolitan Museum buys “White Flag”
In 1998 the Metropolitan Museum of Art bought White Flag (1955), the first painting by Johns to enter its collection. The museum did not disclose the price, but according to the New York Times experts estimated its value at more than $20 million.
![Flags II [trial proof], Jasper Johns, 1967-1970](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9f010b4d-1f11-4448-bf9a-ccc0c4ba4a2a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Eye and Part of Face; A Breton Woman and Two Men [recto], Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1b3ea2de-6bfe-4fb4-87cc-092ade969d13/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Untitled [plate XXVI], Joan Miró, 1958](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/02dbf177-492c-43cf-bf1a-0c0e8127dfec/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
