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Property from an Esteemed European Collection

Jasper Johns

Evian

Auction Closed

November 21, 01:38 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000,000 - 8,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Esteemed European Collection

Jasper Johns

b. 1930


Evian

signed, titled Evion and dated 1964 (on the reverse)

oil, graphite, plastic, wire, plywood, nails, twine and charcoal on canvas, in artist's frame

framed: 69 ⅞ by 50 ⅝ in.

framed: 177.5 by 128.6 cm.

Executed in 1964.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 191)

Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Philippe and Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above by May 1966)

Thence by descent to the present owner 

Jasper Johns, "Sketchbook Notes," Art and Literature 4, Spring 1965, pp. 186-87, illustrated (incorrectly titled Euion)

Max Kozloff, Jasper Johns, New York, 1969, pl. 104, p. 156, illustrated (titled Evion)

Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jasper Johns, 1977, p. 50, illustrated

Roberta Bernstein, "Jasper Johns and the Figure: Part One—Body Imprints," Arts Magazine, October 1977, Vol. 52, No. 2, p. 144 (text)

Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns' Paintings and Sculptures, 1954-1974: "The Changing Focus of the Eye", Ann Arbor, 1985, pl. 49, pp. 113, 118, 122, 138 (text) and p. 230, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Wight Art Gallery, University of California (and traveling), Foirades/Fizzles: Echo and Allusion in the Art of Jasper Johns, 1987-88, p. 180 (text)

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (and traveling),The Drawings of Jasper Johns, 1990-91, fig. 56a, p. 202, illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jasper Johns: According to What & Watchman, 1992, pp. 50-51, illustrated

Evamaria Erdpohl, Criteria of Identity: A Comparative Analysis of Raymond Federman's The Voice in the Closet and Selected Works by Jasper Johns, New York, 1992, p. 68 (text)

Barbara Rose, "Jasper Johns: The Tantric Details," American Art, Vol. 7, No. 4, Fall 1993, pp. 63-64 (text)

George Robertson, The Block Reader in Visual Culture, London, 1996, p. 103 (text)

Peter Hastings Falk, Record of the Carnegie Institute's International Exhibitions 1986-1996, Madison, 1998, p. 170 (text) (titled Evion)

Peter Hastings Falk, Who was who in American Art, 1564-1975: A-F, Madison, 1999, p. 170 (text) (titled Evion)

Barbara Rose, Paradiso Americano: Saggi sull'arte e l'anti-arte 1963-2008, Milan, 2008, p. 197 (text)

Catherine Craft, Jasper Johns, New York, 2015, pp. 75, 116 (text)

Roberta Bernstein, ed., Jasper Johns: Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture, Volume 2, Painting, 1954-1970, New York, 2017, no. P146, pp. 292-93, illustrated in color 

Roberta Bernstein, ed., Jasper Johns: Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture, Volume 5, Reference, New York, 2017, no. P146, p. 147, illustrated in color 

Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns: Redo an Eye, New York, 2017, fig. 6.8, pp. 162-63, illustrated in color and p. 165 (text)

Exh. Cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts (and traveling), Jasper Johns: "Something Resembling Truth," 2017-2018, p. 246, illustrated in color (photographed with the artist in the artist's studio in 1964)

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, The 1964 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, October 1964 - January 1965, no. 322, p. 14 (text) (titled Evion)

Pasadena Art Museum, Jasper Johns, January - February 1965, no. 67 (titled Evion)

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Northeastern Regional Exhibition of Art across America, May - June 1965, no. 16, p. 6 (text) (titled Evion)

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Jasper Johns, January - February 1966 (installed alongside exhibition)

Art Institute of Chicago, 26th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art, April - May 1966, p. 3 (text) (titled Evion)

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Dix ans d'art vivant, 1955-1965, May - July 1967, no. 124, p. 64, illustrated (titled Evion)

Nîmes, Carré d'Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain, L'ivresse du réel: L'objet dans l'art du XXe siècle, May - August 1993, no. 76, p. 89, illustrated in color (titled Evion)

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées: Collections particulières d'art modeme et contemporain en France, December 1995 - March 1996, no. 12, p. 451, illustrated (in installation), p. 452 (text) and p. 458, illustrated (titled Evion)