Jasper Johns - Lot with 3 books [+1] - 1965-1996

1. The Drawings of Jasper Johns
• Year: 1990
• Title: The Drawings of Jasper Johns
• Author/Editor: Nan Rosenthal, Ruth E. Fine (in collaboration with Marla Prather and Amy Mizrahi Zorn)
• Publisher: National Gallery of Art (Washington) / Thames and Hudson (London/New York)
• Pages: 346 pages
• Brief description: An impressive and essential English-language monographic catalog, in large-format softcover, published on the occasion of the celebrated traveling exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, held between 1990 and 1991. The volume meticulously catalogues 117 works spanning over 35 years of the artist’s activity (1954–1989). It includes 340 illustrations (of which 140 are in color with five fold-out plates), an exclusive interview with the artist, and deep historical-critical essays. The cover reproduces the iconic Flag work on a light background.

2. Jasper Johns' Graphic Work (Castello Sforzesco)
• Year: 1972
• Title: Jasper Johns' Graphic Work
• Author/Editor: Carlo Huber (texts and introduction)
• Publisher: Comune di Milano / Ripartizione Coltura, Turismo e Spettacolo
• Pages: 40 pages
• Brief description: A rare official Italian-language catalog printed in a limited edition of only 1,000 copies for the show held in the historic Sala della Balla inside Castello Sforzesco in Milan in July 1972. The square soft cover features on the cover a black-and-white spiral/target detail (inspired by the famous Target with Four Faces or related motifs). The text documents the first major Italian public survey focused entirely on the fine printmaking production (lithographs and screenprints) of the New Dada master.

3. Hans Kuhn (Baden-Baden Museum) — An Intruder Volume in the Lot
• Year: 1965
• Title: Hans Kuhn
• Author/Editor: Critical texts edited by the Baden-Baden Museum committee
• Publisher: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
• Pages: About 32 pages
• Brief description: Note: this volume is not a Jasper Johns catalog. It is a small German exhibition catalog from the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden devoted to the German abstract painter Hans Kuhn (1905–1991), published on the occasion of his 1965 solo show. The cover reproduces an abstract, informal, and distinctly colorful painting (blue, red, and black tones) typical of Kuhn’s mid-1960s style, characterized by thick dark linear intertwinings.

4. Jasper Johns Flags 1955-1994
• Year: 1996
• Title: Jasper Johns Flags 1955-1994
• Author/Editor: Critical essay "Saluting the Flags" by David Sylvester
• Publisher: Anthony d’Offay Gallery (London)
• Pages: 96 pages
• Brief description: Elegant English-language monographic catalog printed in a tall softcover format. It was published to accompany the historic thematic exhibition held at the Anthony d’Offay Gallery in London from June to July 1996. The volume focuses entirely on the obsessive and iconic motif of the American flag (Flag), gathering its variations across forty years of the artist’s career through the use of different media such as acrylic, collage, and lithography. It features 25 splendid full-page plates.