Editing Jasper Johns (section)

==Valuation and awards==
In 1980 the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York, paid $1 million for ''Three Flags'' (1958), then the highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist.<ref name="Vogel" /> In 1988, Johns's ''False Start'' (1959) was sold at auction at Sotheby's to Samuel I. Newhouse Jr. for $17.05 million, setting a record at the time as the [[List of most expensive artworks by living artists|highest price paid for a work by a living artist at auction]], and the second highest price paid for an artwork at auction in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |author=RITA REIFPublished: November 11, 1988 |date=November 11, 1988 |title=Jasper Johns Painting Is Sold for $17 Million – New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/11/arts/jasper-johns-painting-is-sold-for-17-million.html |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> In 1998, the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York, bought Johns's ''[[White Flag (Johns painting)|White Flag]]'' (1955), the first painting by the artist to enter the Met's collection. While the museum would not disclose how much was paid, the ''New York Times'' reported that "experts estimate [the painting's] value at more than $20 million."<ref>{{cite news | first=Carol | last=Vogel | title=Met Buys Its First Painting by Jasper Johns | date= October 29, 1998
| url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E6D6113CF93AA15753C1A96E958260 | work =New York Times | access-date = February 28, 2008}}</ref> In 2006, Johns's ''False Start'' (1959) again made history. Private collectors Anne and Kenneth Griffin (founder of the Chicago-based [[hedge fund]] [[Citadel LLC]]) purchased the work from [[David Geffen]] for $80 million, making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.<ref name="Vogel" /> In 2010, ''Flag'' (1958), was sold privately to hedge fund billionaire [[Steven A. Cohen]] for a reported $110 million (then £73 million; €81.7 million). The seller was Jean-Christophe Castelli, son of Leo Castelli, Johns's dealer, who had died in 1999. While the price was not disclosed by the parties, the ''New York Times'' reported that Cohen paid about $110 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vogel |first=Carol |date=March 18, 2010 |title=Planting a Johns 'Flag' in a Private Collection |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/arts/design/19vogel.html#:~:text=Cohen%20paid%20about%20%24110%20million,Manhattan%20home%20until%20his%20death. |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=New York Times}}</ref> On November 11, 2014, a 1983 version of ''Flag'' was auctioned at Sotheby's in New York for $36 million, establishing a new auction record for Johns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rothko, Jasper Johns star at NYC art auction |url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-11-12/rothko-jasper-johns-star-at-nyc-art-auction |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141114193749/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-11-12/rothko-jasper-johns-star-at-nyc-art-auction |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=November 14, 2014 |website=businessweek.com}}</ref>

Johns has received many awards throughout his career. The sole honorary degree he has accepted is Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, which the University of South Carolina conferred upon him in 1969. In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], Boston.<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web |title=Jasper Johns |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/jasper-johns |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |publisher=}}</ref> In 1988, he received the highest honor at the [[43rd Venice Biennale]]—the Golden Lion—for his exhibition in the United States pavilion. Johns was elected an Honorary Member of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasper Johns {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jasper-johns-hon-ra |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209093357/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jasper-johns-hon-ra |archive-date=9 Feb 2024 |website=[[Royal Academy of Arts]]}}</ref> In 1990, he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://arts.gov/honors/medals/jasper-johns | title=National Medal of Arts | publisher = [[The National Endowment for the Arts]] | access-date=October 20, 2013| date=April 24, 2013 }}</ref> That year he was also elected an associate national academician of the [[National Academy of Design]] (now the National Academy Museum and School), rising to national academician in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasper Johns |url=https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/people/1698/jasper-johns |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=National Academy of Design}}</ref> In 1993, he received the [[Praemium Imperiale]] for painting, a lifetime achievement award from the Japan Art Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasper Johns |url=https://www.praemiumimperiale.org/en/laureate-en/laureates-en/johns-en |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=Praemium Imperiale}}</ref> In 1994 he was awarded the [[Edward MacDowell Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasper Johns |url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/jasper-johns |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=MacDowell}}</ref> He was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] in 1973 and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2007. On February 15, 2011, he received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[Barack Obama]], becoming the first painter or sculptor to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom since [[Alexander Calder]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/jasper-johns-to-be-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom-tomorrow-27539|title=Jasper Johns to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom|date=February 14, 2011 |publisher=artforum.com|accessdate=October 20, 2021}}</ref>

In 2007, the [[National Gallery of Art]] acquired about 1,700 of Johns's prints. This made the gallery home to the largest number of Johns's works held by a single institution.