Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood, three panels, 42 1/4 × 60 5/8" (107.3 × 153.8 cm). [[Jasper Johns|Johns]]' iconic painting of the [[American flag]], blurring the boundary between representation and object. The warm, textured [[Encaustic|encaustic]] surface — with newspaper visible beneath — transformed a familiar symbol into something simultaneously abstract and concrete, heralding [[Pop Art]].