Jasper Johns Prints: Heckscher Museum ULAE Exhibition

by Joseph K. Levene & Robert Grunder

Jasper Johns The Seasons Set of 4 Intaglios

An exhibition of 35 limited editions published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) is currently at the Heckscher Museum through April 5, 2009.

Titled Robert Rauschenberg and His Contemporaries: Recent Prints from Universal Limited Art Editions, the exhibition pays homage to Robert Rauschenberg. Included in the exhibition are prints by Cecily Brown, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.

Jasper Johns began his Universal Limited Art editions collaboration in 1960. For over 50 years, Jasper Johns has created an extraordinary body of art that incorporates familiar themes such as Flags, Numbers, Savarin Cans, Targets, Seasons.

Jasper Johns has acknowledged his art incorporates "things the mind already knows" like the familiar United States American Flag and the Mona Lisa.

Not only has Jasper Johns created an extraordinary body of paintings, works on paper and sculpture, but the artist's enormous body of over 450 limited print editions demonstrates that Johns' dedication prints is hardly an afterthought.

Jasper Johns is a true legend; a contemporary master artist who improves with age!