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Harlem Light

Photo: Susan Cole

Harlem Light

1967

Jasper Johns

American, born 1930

Oil and collage on canvas
78 x 172 in. (198.1x 436.9 cm)
Partial and promised gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2002.67
Provenance: C&M Arts, New York, New York; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, WA; partial and promised gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Photo: Susan Cole
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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.

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