Artist Jasper Johns Endlessly breaking boundaries | Christie’s Inc

There were no limits when it came to Si Newhouse’s passion for collecting the artwork of Jasper Johns.
From the beginning of his career, Jasper Johns has created works that changed the direction of American post-war art. He abandoned figurative painting, as well as Abstract Expressionism, adopting in their place the sensibility of a formalist who found inspiration in the everyday. Johns pushed the boundaries of contemporary art, and in this sense, he was Newhouse’s perfect artist: each reinvention by Johns represented a pivotal moment in art history.
Throughout his life, Newhouse acquired an array of Johns’s most iconic paintings, three of which - ‘Decoy’ (1971), ‘Cicada’ (1975), and ‘Momoyama’ (2005) - will be offered this May. Explore the works today on Christies.com.
Masterpieces from the Collection of S.I. Newhouse | 11 May 2023 | New York

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