Foirades/Fizzles (special portfolio edition)
Artist: Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Publisher: Petersburg Press
Date: 1975-1976
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 19 11/16 in. (660 x 500mm)
Medium: 33 prints: 26 lift-ground aquatints (most with etching, screen-printing, and/or photogravure), 5 etchings, 1 soft-ground etching, and 1 aquatint [each includes variations on traditional techniques] see list
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2000.28A-GG
DescriptionOne of six, special portfolio editions of 33 etchings by Jasper Johns, proofed and printed together with Aldo Crommelynck at the Atelier Crommelynck in Paris between 1975 and 1976, during the making of the livre de luxe: Foirades/Fizzles (edited by Vera Lindsay, published by Petersburg Press, London, 1976). 33 loose leaves with tissue guards, laid in cloth portfolio case. A complete list of individual plates attached.
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