Jasper Johns - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021

  • Literature

    Universal Limited Art Editions 254

  • Artist Biography

    Jasper Johns

    American • 1930

    Jasper Johns is a painter and printmaker who holds a foundational place in twentieth century art history. Quoting the evocative gestural brushstroke of the Abstract Expressionists, Johns represented common objects such as flags, targets, masks, maps and numbers: He sought to explore things "seen and not looked at, not examined" in pictorial form.  Drawing from common commercial and 'readymade' objects, such as newspaper clippings, Ballantine Ale and Savarin Coffee cans, Johns was a bridge to Pop, Dada and Conceptual art movements.

    Beyond the historical significance, each work by Johns is individually considered in sensuous form. A curiosity of medium led him to employ a range of materials from encaustic and commercial house paint to lithography, intaglio and lead relief.

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Jasper Johns

Summer (Blue) (ULAE 254)

1985-1991
Lithograph in colors, on pale blue J. Whatman paper, with full margins.
I. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (24.1 x 15.9 cm)
S. 16 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (41.3 x 28.3 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 40/225 in pencil (there were also 19 artist's proofs), published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, unframed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $4,410

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021