Jasper JohnsAmerican, 1930Numbers from 1st Etchings-2nd State
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 114.1970.13
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- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Jasper Johns
The whole life1965
Affair with Susan Sontag
Johns has primarily had relationships with men, but in 1965 he had an affair with the writer Susan Sontag.
1967–1980
Artistic adviser to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Johns had long supported the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, helping to raise funds and attention and assisting Rauschenberg with set and costume designs in the 1950s, and from 1967 to 1980 he served as its artistic adviser.
27 June 1968 – 6 October 1968
Exhibition: 4. documenta
1968–1969
Romance with the poet John Giorno
From 1968 to 1969 Johns had a romance with the poet John Giorno.
1969
The only honorary degree he has accepted
In 1969 the University of South Carolina, where he had once studied, conferred on Johns an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, the only honorary degree he has accepted.
![Flags II [trial proof], Jasper Johns, 1967-1970](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9f010b4d-1f11-4448-bf9a-ccc0c4ba4a2a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
