A single old light bulb hangs from a twisted cord against a dark panel.

Prints

Light Bulb

1969

Medium
Embossed lead, with aluminum frame
Dimensions
Overall: 39 3/16 × 17 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (99.5 × 43.8 × 4.1 cm)
Accession number
69.87a-b
Acquired
1969
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.
Reproduction credit
© Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition
28/60 | 14 Proofs
Publication
Printed by Kenneth E. Tyler; published by Gemini G.E.L.
Department
collection

About this work

Jasper Johns, Light Bulb, 1969. Embossed lead, with aluminum frame, overall: 39 3/16 × 17 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (99.5 × 43.8 × 4.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.87a-b. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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