Jasper Johns American, born 1930
Alphabet
1959
Jasper Johns's 'Alphabet' (1956) is an encaustic-and-paper work in which the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet are laid out in a grid across the panel — the letters themselves both the subject and the surface, recalling Johns's parallel 'Flags' and 'Targets' in their treatment of familiar signs as pure objects. Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago