The Ultimate Art Challenge: Identify These Famous Paintings From A Tiny Fragment
What painting do these balls serve an important role in?
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As is common for abstract artists, Jasper Johns likes to get meta-textual in some of his work. And that’s why he included the balls you see here in Painting with Two Balls. He wanted to dispel the romantic notion of people imagining themselves stepping into the world behind a painting, so he added the balls to reveal the blank wall behind the canvas.
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images
What painting do these balls serve an important role in?
- Robert Delauney – Windows Open Simultaneously (First Part, Third Motif)
- Paul Klee- Twittering Machine
- Piet Mondrian – Tableau I
- Jasper Johns – Painting with Two Balls
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