(After all, Jasper Johns's flag paintings, historically grounded landmarks of mid-century modernism that they are, came to the artist in a dream.)

In its 1918 annual it also showed Hassam's "Allies Day, May 1917," a splendid example of the flag paintings done by the artist from 1916 to 1918.

He used to say he had seen his first flag paintings in a dream.

Measuring 6 1/2 by 10 feet, it is also the largest of the flag paintings and his first monochrome of the image.

I thought with a pang of the four flag paintings I threw away last week.

Hassam's flag paintings cover all seasons and various weather and light conditions.

Mr. Greene completed his studies at the League in 1955, the year when Jasper Johns produced his first "flag" painting.

To me, Jasper Johns' flag painting is not the icon of the Fifties.

Jasper Johns was inspired to paint his first flag painting as a result of a dream.

President Bill Clinton had a version of the flag painting hanging in the Oval Office.