After HolbeinPoster con cornice

After Holbein takes a familiar portrait and pulls it apart. Jasper Johns works the surface with marks that look pressed and rubbed, some thin, some heavy, so the picture reads as a record of the hand moving. Nothing is smoothed over.

The framed poster suits a wall where the light is steady and not direct. A wood frame next to a wooden desk keeps the tones calm, and the glass lets the busy marks show without glare.

In a study, set the framed poster at sitting height beside the shelves. From the chair you catch the small scratches and smudges between the larger strokes.