In November 2014, the encaustic Flag (1983) was auctioned off for $36 million at Sotheby's in New York City. Cohen for an estimated $110 million, making it the most expensive work sold by a living artist as of 2023. His 48-star Flag from 1958 was purchased in 2010 by hedge fund manager Steven A. Artwork Details Overview Provenance Exhibition History References Title: White Flag Artist: Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930) Date: 1955 Medium: Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas Dimensions: 78 5/16 in. Johns made over 40 works based on the US flag, including the large and monochrome White Flag in 1955, and his 1958 work Three Flags with three superimposed flags showing a total of 84 stars. The painting has a rough-textured surface, and the 48 stars are not identical. Reading the texts, it is clear that the newsprint was not selected at random: Johns steered clear of headlines, or national or political news, and used inconsequential articles or adverts. As an iconic image-comparable to the targets, maps, and letters that he also has depicted-Johns realized that the flag was seen and not looked at, not examined. The painting reflects the three colors of the US flag: red, white and blue the flag is depicted in the form it took between 19, with 48 white stars on a blue canton representing the then-US states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), and with thirteen red and white stripes. In 1954, Jasper Johns began painting what would become one of his signature emblems: the American flag. Find art you love and shop high-quality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at Art.com. It is made using encaustic, oil paint, and newsprint collage on three separate canvases, mounted on a plywood board. Three Flags, 1958 Framed Art Print by Jasper Johns. ( February 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York) One night in 1954. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Jasper Johns 'Three Flags' (1958) is on view at the Broad museum as part of the 'Something Resembling Truth exhibition.
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