#5 from Six Lithograph — Jasper Johns

This suite of six lithographs in colors (ULAE 174–179) was executed in 1976 and published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in an edition of 60 plus 13 artist's proofs. Each print is on Rives BFK newsprint gray paper (approximately 30 × 30 inches) and hand-signed and numbered in pencil. The suite is based on Johns' 1975 painting Untitled (now in the collection of The Broad, Los Angeles).

The crosshatching technique — interlocking diagonal marks that create shifting optical depth and ambiguity — was central to Johns' practice from the mid-1970s onward and represents his most sustained investigation of how marks on a surface can simultaneously describe and refuse to describe. Plate 5 of the suite was included in the 2023 Sotheby's sale from the Estate of Mark Lancaster. ULAE 177.

• Artist: Jasper Johns
• Year: 1975
• Medium: Hand Signed, Lithograph on Rives BFK wove Paper
• Dimensions: 30 x 29"

This work was donated to A Brighter Future Foundation. 100% of net proceeds from this sale fund arts education.

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