Good condition.
Signed and dated lower right; edition numbered lower left.
There is light time staining to the margins. A fingerprint mark is present to the upper margin.

Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, New York



Johns interpreted the content of "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," which he took as his subject, as a "sentimental story" conveying "the transience of beauty in this world." The unusually gentle palette for a work by Johns — giving the overall impression of a thin, quiet layer of snow — may well stem from this interpretation. Around the time "Usuyuki" was created, Johns was making frequent use of crosshatching, a technique rooted in copperplate engraving, as a primary mode of expression.