Painting with a Ball

1972–1973 · Print

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Painting with a Ball” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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.
1972
A home and studio on Saint Martin
Having visited the Caribbean island of Saint Martin since the late 1960s, Johns bought property there in 1972 and later built a home and studio principally designed by Philip Johnson.
30 June 1972 – 8 October 1972
Exhibition: Documenta 5
1973–1987
A farmhouse with a glass-walled studio at Stony Point
From 1973 to 1987 Johns kept a rustic 1930s farmhouse with a glass-walled studio in Stony Point, New York.