Jasper Johns, White Flag

Layers of built-up wax obscure headlines and newspaper images in this painting composed of three canvases.

Video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title White Flag
Artist(s) Jasper Johns
Dates 1955
Places North America / United States
Period, Culture, Style Modernisms / New York School / Neo-Dada
Artwork Type Painting
Material Encaustic paint, Oil paint, Paper, Charcoal, Canvas
Technique

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Jasper Johns, White Flag," in Smarthistory, January 27, 2016, accessed February 19, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/jasper-johns-white-flag/.