"The Barber's Tree", Jasper Johns, 1976, oil on canvas and wax
Apart from orange and bluish green, red and white are the mostly used colors in this piece.
The idea of painting first struck Johns when he saw a photograph in a magazine, which portrayed a Mexican barber paint stripes onto a tree in front of his shop, making it into the shop's logo.
Johns, together with Robert Rauschenberg, pioneered the Pop Art movement.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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