The intellectual influence of Marcel Duchamp over Jasper Johns and other painters who came of age in the 1950s is generally known, but decoding the heritage of various Flags, Targets and other “readymade” images on canvas — not to mention the monumental According To What — can still provoke surprise and generate insight into Johns’ career. An ongoing exhibit at Washington’s National Gallery of Art does exactly that.

(Through April 4 at the National Gallery of Art.)

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