The Seasons

1989 · Print

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

New York, United States

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

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.
1988
“False Start” sells for $17.05 million
In 1988 False Start (1959) was sold at Sotheby's to Samuel I. Newhouse Jr. for $17.05 million, a record at the time for a work by a living artist at auction and the second highest price paid for an artwork at auction in the United States.
1988
Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
In 1988 Johns received the highest honour of the 43rd Venice Biennale, the Golden Lion, for his exhibition in the United States pavilion.
1990
Elected to the National Academy of Design
In 1990, the year he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, Johns was elected an associate national academician of the National Academy of Design.
1990s
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.