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Foirades/Fizzles

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

The image shows a composition of densely packed, parallel black lines arranged in various directions on the left side. Interspersed among these lines are small red symbols, including "X" and "O." On the right side, there are irregular black and white pentagonal shapes.

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Artwork overview

Medium

silver gelatin print with graphite and red ink
Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 26.35 × 36.51 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.136.257
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 173

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Bibliography

1994

Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 173.

Markings

stamped on verso: A Kodak Paper

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