Lot 63
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JASPER JOHNS | The Seasons

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
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Description

  • Jasper Johns
  • The Seasons
  • signed, dated 1 April 1989 and inscribed ST. MARTIN, F.W.I. 
  • ink and graphite on paper
  • 22 3/8 by 17 in. 56.8 by 43.2 cm.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC #D-276)
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston (acquired in January 1989)
Gail and Tony Ganz, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1989)
Susan Lorence, New York (acquired by 1998)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1998

Exhibited

New York, Janie C. Lee Master Drawings, Master Drawings, 1859 - 1989, October - December 1989, n.p., no. 29, illustrated in color
Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina; and Leverkusen, Museum  Morsbroich, Amerikanische Zeichungen in den achtziger Jahren, May - November 1990, pp. 24-25, illustrated

Literature

Wipke Brandt, "Jasper Johns' Latest Season," Journal of Art 2, no. 2, November 1989, p. 19, illustrated
Barbara Bertozzi, "The Seasons": Jasper Johns, Milan, 1996, p. 50, illustrated in color
Eileen Costello, ed., Jasper Johns Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of Drawing, Volume 3, 1980-1989, Houston, 2018, pp. 350-351, no. D477, illustrated in color