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Series Title: Savarin Suite

Savarin 2 (Wash and Line)

1978

Jasper Johns

(American, b. 1930)
printer and publisher

Universal Limited Art Editions

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Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1983.219.2
Catalogue raisonné
Field 192; ULAE 192
Copyright
© Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Nearly two decades before making this print, Jasper Johns created a sculpture with the same image of paintbrushes in a Savarin coffee can.

Description

Since 1960 Jasper Johns has frequently depicted a Savarin coffee can filled with his paintbrushes, a reference to his studio practice. The image is typical of Johns’s work, which features everyday objects imbued with meaning through his handling of materials. By expressively layering lithographic ink or using his own fingerprints as a compositional element, Johns made his presence evident throughout the series. These personal connections to the artist’s practice suggest that the image may function as a symbolic self-portrait.

Savarin 2 (Wash and Line)

1978

Jasper Johns, Universal Limited Art Editions

(American, b. 1930)
America

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