Art %C2%A9 Jasper Johns %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY
Foirades/Fizzles, 1976
Etchings and aquatints; color lithography; letterpressexpand_more
Gift of funds from the Hersey Foundation and the National Endowment for the Artsexpand_more P.78.2
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In one of the milestones of twentieth-century artists' books, Jasper Johns and Irish writer and poet Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) join forces in the enigmatic and elegant Foirades/Fizzles. Featuring five short prose texts, or "fizzles," by Beckett along with 33 original intaglio prints by Johns, the collaboration seamlessly merges Beckett's austere writing style and concept of the fragmented individual with Johns's sensual rendering s of numerals, flagstones, crosshatchings, and parts of the human body. Originally written in French, the fizzles were translated into English by Beckett for this project. Johns's imagery is based both on his repertoire of iconic motifs and from his monumental work, Untitled (1972),a four-panel painting that features fragmentary patterns that the artist observed in the streets of New York City.
Details
- Title
- Foirades/Fizzles
- Artist Life
- born 1930
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.78.2
- Provenance
- (Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York); sold to MIA, 1978.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Field 215-248; ULAE 173
- Curator Approved
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