I don't mean he came out came out, but I think Jasper Johns came out of the gate a lot hotter than he gets credit for, and that Target with Plaster Casts in particular would benefit from considering the Johns/Rauschenberg/Twombly artistic context it was made in in 1955.
Johns Said To Leave It Open [greg.org] 📷 Jasper Johns, Target with Plaster Casts, 1955, 52 x 44 1/4 in., bought by Leo Castelli, 1958, sold to David Geffen 1993, currently on loan to the Guggenheim Bilbao, I believe.



















