Jasper JohnsAmerican, 1930Souvenir
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1983.560r
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Jasper Johns
The whole life1967–1980
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.
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
![Flags II [trial proof], Jasper Johns, 1967-1970](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9f010b4d-1f11-4448-bf9a-ccc0c4ba4a2a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
