Foirades/Fizzles

Artist Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)

Publisher Petersburg Press S.A. ([London and New York], 1976)

Author Samuel Beckett (Irish | British, 1906-1989)

Date1976

DimensionsBox: H: 13 1/2 in. (343 mm); W: 10 1/2 in. (267 mm); Depth: 2 5/16 in. (58 mm).
Book: H: 13 1/16 in. (331 mm); W: 10 1/16 in. (255 mm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (38 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 13 1/16 in. (331 mm); W: 9 13/16 in. (249 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 33 mixed etchings with aquatint, soft-ground, lift-ground, photo-etching (incl. 2 in colors); 2 lithographs in colors (box). Text: letterpress (typeface: Caslon Old Face, 16 pt.). Paper: Richard de Bas cream wove auvergne, watermarked with Samuel Beckett’s initials and Jasper Johns’ signature.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund

Object number

1978.12

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A century of artists books, New York, 1994, pp. 214--215, reprs. (1 col.).

cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern artists’ illustrated books, London, 1985, no. 156, p. 355 repr.; pl. 31 col. repr.

cf. Phillips, Elizabeth and Tony Zwicker, The American livre de peintre, New York, 1993, no. 23, repr.

cf. Philips, Elizabeth, The American Livre de Peintre, New York, The Grolier Club, 1993, no. 23

cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 162.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Jasper Johns, Master Printmaker, Aug 15-Nov11, 2001 (open to Torse)

Toledo Museum of Art, The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,1981.