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| | Artforum International: Jasper Johns, 'Alley Oop,' 1958. (painting) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Alley Oop imitates the format and re-creates in oil much of the material effect of a particular Johns painting in encaustic, which exists in two comparatively large versions: Flag on Orange Field, 1957 and 1958. |
 | | The relatively small scale of Alley Oop is determined by its collaged element, part of a page of comics; unlike an image of a flag, convertible to any size, this sheet of cartooning was designed to be held in the hand. |
 | | Everything about Alley Oop seems matter-of-fact and casual, from the cardboard support, with its loosely layered strokes of orange, occasional scratches, and encrustations, to the collaged comic, with its dense array of primary hues, flesh tones, and bare spots. |
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