News - Jasper Johns Trio Acquired by MoMA - NYC

For an undisclosed sum, MoMA has acquired a trio of works by Jasper Johns; 'Tantric Detail I' (left), 'Tantric Detail II', and 'Tantric Detail III'. Each is painted in Johns’ cross-stitch style with the addition of a skull and, well, balls, or rather testicles. These works were exhibited by the gallery in 1996, and since, MoMA’s people and Matthew Marks, Johns’ dealer, have been making tracks to ensure the set finds a final home at MoMA. Since traveling from Johns’ Connecticut home, through showings at The Met, and via a huddle of trustees, the canvases have now made to the New York gallery.