Flag

Created between 1954 and 1955 by American artist Jasper Johns, Flag is an encaustic, oil, and collage work on fabric mounted on plywood. The composition depicts the forty-eight star American flag, constructed from strips of newsprint coated with translucent pigmented wax. Held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the artwork stands as a pivotal transitional landmark between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, questioning whether the object is a painting or a flag.

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