Lot 278
  • 278

Jasper Johns

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Jasper Johns
  • Flag (from Lead Reliefs)
  • signed, dated '60-'69 and numbered 43/60
  • lead relief
  • 17 by 23 in. 43.1 by 58.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1960-69, this work is number 43 from an edition of 60 plus 10 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Satani Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970, April - June 1970, cat. no. 120, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Literature

Richard S. Field, The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné, West Islip, 1994, cat. no. 74, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There are some light striations to the lead, resulting in some overall surface irregularities, which are visible in the catalogue illustration. There is one spot of rubbing along the left edge. Framed in a Plexiglas box.
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