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Lot Description

Jasper Johns

(American, b. 1930)

Fizzles (Foirades)

, 1976

book with five texts by Samuel Beckett, thirty-three etchings and one lithograph by Jasper Johns

signed by the artist and author, numbered 104/250 in pencil

13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches.

Property from a Midwestern Collection

Provenance:
Christie's New York, November 1, 2005, lot 440

Condition Report

Pages are uncut.
All five texts, thirty-three etchings, and one lithograph are present. Brown stains scattered throughout outer clam shell surface. Slight age toning to all sheets. Minor scattered pinpoint foxing throughout. Slight handling marks along lower edge of front pages. Black ink in fourteen etchings have created shadows on facing pages. Please request additional images.

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