Jasper Johns

ClickontheGooglePreviewimageabovetoreadsomepagesofthisbook!JasperJohnsmadeatremendousimpactonModernartinthetwentiethcentury.AsapioneerofPopart,hewasakeyfigureinthepostwartraditionthatbroughtAmericanarttotheforefrontoftheinternationalscene.Thisnewvolumeinthe"MoMAArtistSeries,"whichexploresimportantartistsandfavoriteworksinthecollectionofTheMuseumofModernArt,guidesreadersthroughadozenoftheartist'smostmemorableachievements.AshortandlivelyessaybyCarolynLanchner,aformercuratorofpaintingandsculptureattheMuseum,accompanieseachwork,illuminatingitssignificanceandplacingitinitshistoricalmomentinthedevelopmentofModernartandtheartist'sownlife.ThisvolumeprovidesauniqueoverviewofsomeonewhoshapedthedevelopmentofAmericanartsincemid-centuryandisanexcellentresourceforreadersinterestedinthestoriesbehindthemasterpiecesoftheModerncanon.