Jasper Johns - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 24 January 2019

  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 779
    Universal Limited Art Editions 188

  • 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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THIS LOT IS SOLD WITH NO RESERVE

202

Lot offered with No Reserve

Jasper Johns

0 through 9

1977
Lithograph in colours, on La Paloma handmade paper, with full margins.
I. 16.3 x 12.7 cm (6 3/8 x 5 in.)
S. 27.8 x 21 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 5/60 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, 1978 (with their blindstamps), framed.

Estimate
£2,500 - 3,500 •‡

Sold for £5,625

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 24 January 2019