Vente aux enchères en direct 2315Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton
Lot 113WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON

JASPER JOHNS (b. 1930)

Corpse and Mirror (ULAE 169)

Fermé12 May 2010

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JASPER JOHNS (b. 1930)
Corpse and Mirror (ULAE 169)
screenprint in colors, 1976, on Nishinouchi Kizuki Kozo paper, watermark Corpse and Mirror, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 50/65 (there were also 8 artist's proofs), co-published by the artist and Simca Print Artists, Inc., New York, with their blindstamp, framed
Image: 37½ x 49½ in. (953 x 128 mm.)
Sheet: 42¼ x 53 in. (1073 x 1346 mm.)
Executed in 1976. This work is number fifty from an edition of sixty-five plus eight artist's proofs.

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1976

Note du spécialiste

Crosshatching was a central theme in Johns' process for many years and refers to his interest in automatism and repetition. In Corpse and Mirror, both the title and the division of the picture plane into six parts allude to the surrealist game of 'cadavre exquis,' or 'exquisite corpse,' which consists of creating a composition through assembling parts created in sequence by different players. The evolving image is passed from player to player with each in turn expounding on a sliver of the previous drawing.