White Flag (Jasper Johns)

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painting

White Flag (Jasper Johns) is a large-scale, monochromatic rendition of the American flag by Jasper Johns that emphasizes texture, abstraction, and the painting’s material surface over patriotic color.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Flag (Jasper Johns painting, 1954–55) 1
Jasper Johns flag paintings 1
Jasper Johns flag paintings series 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Neo-Dada use of everyday symbols ⓘ
influential in the development of Pop art ⓘ
key work in Jasper Johns’s flag series ⓘ
artist Jasper Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorScheme monochrome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Jasper Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext postwar American art ⓘ
depictionType monochrome American flag ⓘ
depicts American flag ⓘ
dimensionType large-scale ⓘ
emphasis abstraction ⓘ
material surface ⓘ
texture ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
iconography stars and stripes ⓘ
inception 1955 ⓘ
interpretation exploration of symbol versus object ⓘ
investigation of perception and representation ⓘ
questioning of national symbols ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium encaustic on canvas ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Neo-Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pop art NERFINISHED ⓘ
museumDepartment Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature absence of patriotic color ⓘ
emphasis on materiality ⓘ
large scale ⓘ
three-panel construction ⓘ
relatedWorkByArtist Flag (Jasper Johns) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Three Flags (Jasper Johns) NERFINISHED ⓘ
series Jasper Johns flag paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ
style monochromatic ⓘ
textured surface ⓘ
subjectMatter United States flag ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
wood panels ⓘ
surfaceQuality highly textured ⓘ
technique collage ⓘ
encaustic ⓘ
impasto ⓘ
title White Flag NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flag → hasVersion → White Flag (Jasper Johns) ⓘ
subject surface form: Flag (Jasper Johns, 1954–55)
White Flag → partOfSeries → White Flag (Jasper Johns) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jasper Johns flag paintings
White Flag → relatedWork → White Flag (Jasper Johns) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flag (Jasper Johns painting, 1954–55)
Three Flags → partOf → White Flag (Jasper Johns) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jasper Johns flag paintings series