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Jasper Johns, Portfolio. Samuel Beckett, Fizzles (Foirades)

Lot 329

Jasper Johns, 1930 (US)

Portfolio. Samuel Beckett, Fizzles (Foirades), 1975-1976

33 etchings and aquatint, 2 in colors and 5 double-page, one lithograph printed in colors on the innerside of the cassette and five texts by Samuel Beckett, each in English and French, on Richard de Bas-paper. Watermark: "SB" (Samuel Beckett) and "Jasper Johns".

In the colophon typographically numbered: 31/250.

Annotation:

Signed by both artists: J Johns, Samuel Beckett.
London & New York, Petersburg Press Ltd, 1975/76.
4°. In linen coated cardboard cassette.

Literature: Universal Press 173 (F215-248).

CHF12'000 / 18'000
EUR10'000 / 16'000
USD13'000 / 19'000

Hammer Price: CHF 12'000