Jasper Johns - Editions Contemporary: Online Auction New York Tuesday, October 13, 2020 | Phillips

Editions Contemporary: Online Auction

Online Auction 13 - 23 October 2020

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    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

Handfootsockfloor, from Casts from Untitled

1974
Lithograph in colors, on Richard de Bas, with full margins.
I. 15 x 19 1/4 in. (38.1 x 48.9 cm)
S. 31 x 23 1/4 in. (78.7 x 59.1 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 48/48 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Geminin G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamp), framed.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $3,750

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Editions Contemporary: Online Auction

Online Auction 13 - 23 October 2020