Savarin
Jasper Johns
1977–1981
- Medium
- Color lithograph on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 101 × 75 cm (39 13/16 × 29 9/16 in.); Sheet: 128 × 97 cm (50 7/16 × 38 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
This variation on the Savarin theme evokes Edvard Munch's masterful self-portrait in lithography (see 1963.281). The letters “E. M.”, at lower right, directly refer to him. As in the Munch print, Johns has included a ghostly arm in the bottom panel of the composition. The key difference, however, is that Johns has used the Savarin can in place of his own likeness.
