Figure 3

Jasper Johns

Color lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Jasper Johns transforms the familiar into something quietly mysterious here, layering a ghostly target-like form, hand, and fractured marks beneath a luminous wash of green, blue, and violet. The image feels both printed and painted, with a surface that suggests repetition, erasure, and the physical act of making—hallmarks of Johns’s influential career bridging Pop, abstraction, and conceptual art. Displayed on a wall, it brings a cool, cerebral energy while still rewarding close looking with its delicate textures and shifting transparencies.