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Photo: Susan Cole
Harlem Light
Photo: Susan Cole

Harlem Light

Date1967
Maker Jasper Johns American, born 1930
Object number2002.67
ProvenanceC&M Arts, New York, New York; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, WA; partial and promised gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, 1968 Dublin, Ireland, ROSC, 1971 New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, "American Pop Art", April 6 - June 16, 1974 New York, New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, "Jasper Johns: 35 Years with Leo Castelli", January 6 - February 6, 1993 New York, New York, C&M Arts, "Masters of American Painting 1950s - 1960s", March 29 - May 13, 1995 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Modern in America", July 8, 2004 - February 27, 2005 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle", May 5, 2007 - September 9, 2007 New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, September 29, 2021 - February 13, 2022 Published ReferencesCrichton, M., "Jasper Johns", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1977, illus. black and white pp. 34, 55 and in color pl. 129 Crichton, M., "Jasper Johns", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1994, illus. black and white pp. 53 and in color pl. 129 Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 50, illus. Garrels, Gary, "Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind's Eye", SFMOMA, 2012, Fig. 20, color illustration pg. 111 Heilmann, Mary, et al. Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures. London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2015; p. 72, reproduced.
Credit LinePartial and promised gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions78 x 172 in. (198.1x 436.9 cm)
MediumOil and collage on canvas
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1959
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1974
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1977
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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Target
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1974
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1971
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1967 - 68
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