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The American Table: Works from the Collection of Barbara & Daniel Fendrick, Washington D.C.

Jasper Johns

Foirades/Fizzles

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The American Table: Works from the Collection of Barbara & Daniel Fendrick, Washington D.C.

Jasper Johns

b. 1930


Foirades/Fizzles

signed and numbered 17/250 (on the justification page)

the complete book, comprising 33 etchings, 2 printed in colors, plus 1 lithograph printed in colors for the end papers, with text by Samuel Beckett, contained in the original linen-covered box

book: 13 ⅛ by 10 ⅛ by 1 ½ in. (33.3 by 25.6 by 3.9 cm.)

overall: 13 ½ by 10 ⅜ by 2 ¼ in. (34.4 by 26.6 by 5.7 cm.)

Executed in 1976, this work is number 17 from the edition of 250 plus 30 artist's proofs, published by Petersburg Press.

(34 prints)

Petersburg Press, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Richard S. Field, The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993 : A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1994, no. 173, illustrated in colors (another example illustrated)