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Foirades/Fizzles
Author: Samuel Beckett (Irish, active in England and France, 1906–1989)
Illustrated by: Jasper Johns (American, born in 1930)
Printer: Aldo Crommelynck, Atelier Crommelynck, Paris
Publisher: Petersburg Press, New York
Illustrated by: Jasper Johns (American, born in 1930)
Printer: Aldo Crommelynck, Atelier Crommelynck, Paris
Publisher: Petersburg Press, New York
1976
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 33 etching and aquatints, and two lithographs
Dimensions
Overall: 33.4 x 25.5 x 4 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1978.457
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Petersburg Press, 1976
Catalogue Raisonné
Field 173; Castleman, Century of Artists Books, pp. 214-15
Description(London: Petersburg Press, 1976) Folio; 29 "leaves" [accordion folds, bound]; original paper wraps (original publisher's beige cloth box; within gray phase box).
First edition with these illustrations; the French text was originally published in 1972, the English translation was made by the author for this edition. The illustrations consist of 33 etching and aquatints by Johns, printed by Atelier Crommelynck in Paris. In addition, a lithographic design by Johns is in the publisher's box. There were 300 copies, of which this is no. 142 of the regular edition of 250 (there were also 30 artist's proofs and 20 reserved).
First edition with these illustrations; the French text was originally published in 1972, the English translation was made by the author for this edition. The illustrations consist of 33 etching and aquatints by Johns, printed by Atelier Crommelynck in Paris. In addition, a lithographic design by Johns is in the publisher's box. There were 300 copies, of which this is no. 142 of the regular edition of 250 (there were also 30 artist's proofs and 20 reserved).
Provenance1978, gift of anonymous collector, Cambridge, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 15, 1978)
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