BECKETT, Samuel and Jasper JOHNS (illustrator). Fizzles . London and New York: Petersburg Press, 1976.
BECKETT, Samuel and Jasper JOHNS (illustrator). Fizzles . London and New York: Petersburg Press, 1976. 2° (330 x 255mm). 33 etchings, some double-page, two of these printed in colour, on hand-made paper watermarked with Beckett's initials and Johns' signature, original tissue guards. Original white paper wrappers, original cloth box with lithographed lining, and original purple tassel (minor soiling). NUMBER 107 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY BECKETT AND JOHNS. 'Two of the most enigmatic artists of our time, Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns collaborated on this complex yet elegant artist's book... This cerebral volume that provokes more questions than it answers is considered ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS' BOOKS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY' (Johnson). A very good copy with all of Johns' striking etchings in bright state. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 162.
BECKETT, Samuel and Jasper JOHNS (illustrator). Fizzles . London and New York: Petersburg Press, 1976.
BECKETT, Samuel and Jasper JOHNS (illustrator). Fizzles . London and New York: Petersburg Press, 1976. 2° (330 x 255mm). 33 etchings, some double-page, two of these printed in colour, on hand-made paper watermarked with Beckett's initials and Johns' signature, original tissue guards. Original white paper wrappers, original cloth box with lithographed lining, and original purple tassel (minor soiling). NUMBER 107 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY BECKETT AND JOHNS. 'Two of the most enigmatic artists of our time, Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns collaborated on this complex yet elegant artist's book... This cerebral volume that provokes more questions than it answers is considered ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS' BOOKS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY' (Johnson). A very good copy with all of Johns' striking etchings in bright state. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 162.
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