Skin with O'Hara Poem, 1963-65
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930), Frank O'Hara (American, 1926-1966)
2-color lithograph on KE Albanene Engineer's standard form paper
21 1/4 × 33 1/16 in.
Within Skin with O’Hara Poem, Jasper Johns and Frank O’Hara stage a clash of language and image. Alongside Johns’ cloud of black ink and charcoal, O’Hara’s typewritten poem echoes the logic of its engineering pad, structuring the impressions as a study of time and presence.
Jasper Johns and Frank O’Hara created a work that carries an authentic charge.