jasper johns- flag (cont)

this is your last chance-sotheby's  contemporary art evening auction is on tonight, 6:30 in nyc-just in case you wanted to bid on this iconic painting by an american master. for those of you who paint with encaustic here is a good closeup of the painting showing the brush strokes and the one other fact that i learned is that the painting was actually done on a silk flag. being a small painting it may not set any records but you never know what might happen in the art world.

detail from flag, jasper johns, courtesy sotheby's