JASPER JOHNS | BETWEEN THE CLOCK AND THE BED (ULAE 246)
Estimate:
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
JASPER JOHNS
b. 1930
BETWEEN THE CLOCK AND THE BED (ULAE 246)
signed, dated 1989 and numbered 35/50
lithograph printed in colors on Japan paper
image: 19¾ by 33⅞ in. 50.2 by 86.2 cm.
sheet: 26½ by 40¼ in. 67.3 by 102.2 cm.
framed: 29¼ by 42¾ in. 74.3 by 111.1 cm.
Executed in 1989, this work is number 35 from an edition of 50, plus 8 artist's proofs.
This print is in good condition overall and has full margins. The orange has attenuated. The edges of the sheet are heavily deckled. Under close inspection, there are a few specks of pale discoloration in the margins and in the grey crosshatches at upper right. The print is hinged verso to the mat along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, An American Focus: The Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, October 2000 - March 2001, p. 143, p. 186, pl., illustrated in color
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Jasper Johns: 45 Years of Master Prints, October 2005 - February 2006
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind's Eye, November 2012 - February 2013, pl. 70, p. 124, illustrated in color