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