Painting with Two Balls [trial proof]

1971 · Print

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Painting with Two Balls [trial proof]” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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

Checked: 11 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 2006.136.60

What it shows

Non-representational

In the catalog

Prints Screenprint Post-war art 20th century American

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of Jasper Johns

The whole life

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.
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.
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.