Harvard Art Museums > 21.1999: Study for "Racing Thoughts" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for "Racing Thoughts" (Jasper Johns) , 21.1999,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/193358. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 21.1999 People Jasper Johns, American (Augusta, GA 1930 -) Title Study for "Racing Thoughts" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date August 1983 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/193358 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, black ink, pastel, and graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions sight: 55.88 x 75.57 cm (22 x 29 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: J Johns Aug 83 / RACING THOUGHTS exhibition label: back of frame, paper, typed: Castelli loan 88[ ] exhibition label: backing board, paper, printed: Cat. no. 94 exhibition label: backing board, paper, printed: Kat. no. 94/1 label: backing board, paper, printed: D-168 label: backing board, paper, printed: 20018 [two labels altogether, with Castelli's phone number and cataloguing information] label: backing board, paper, printed and handwritten: [handwritten in blue ink:] Obra 10 exhibition label: backing board, paper, printed: No. CR2 (D-168) exhibition label: backing board, paper, printed: Cat. no. 94 watermark: Fabriano / CMF Provenance Recorded Ownership History Antoinette Castelli, New York, New York. Jean-Christophe Castelli, New York, New York. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Collection Jean-Christophe Castelli, Class of 1985 Copyright © Jasper Johns / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Object Number 21.1999 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Nan Rosenthal and Ruth E. Fine, The Drawings of Jasper Johns, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., 1990), no. 94, pp. 290-291, repr. in color Exhibition History The Drawings of Jasper Johns from the Collection of Toiny Castelli, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 01/01/1987 - 02/15/1988; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 02/16/1988 - 03/20/1988 Celebrating Leo Castelli and Pop Art, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 In Honor of Toiny Castelli: Drawings from the Toiny and Leo Castelli Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 04/01/1988 - 05/15/1988 Colección Leo Castelli, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 10/07/1988 - 01/08/1989 Modern Masters, Helsinki Art Exhibition Hall, Helsinki, 01/01/1989 - 12/31/1989 Jasper Johns Drawings and Prints from the Collection of Leo Castelli, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, 09/10/1989 - 10/22/1989 The Drawings of Jasper Johns, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 05/20/1990 - 07/29/1990; Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 08/19/1990 - 10/28/1990; Hayward Gallery, London, 11/29/1990 - 02/03/1991; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 02/21/1991 - 04/01/1991 Nominally Figured: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2006 - 02/25/2007 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
