Live Auction 20746A Graphic Dialogue: Prints from the Collection of Lois B. Torf
JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)
Lot 130

JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

The Critic Smiles, from Lead Reliefs

Closed15 September 2021

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USD 21,250

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JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)
The Critic Smiles, from Lead Reliefs
lead relief with gold and tin foil additions, 1969, with the artist's incised signature and date, numbered 35/60 (there were also ten artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their incised blindstamp, in the original artist's frame
Overall: 23 x 17 in. (584 x 432 mm.)

Specialist note

"I'm always interested in the physical form of whatever I'm doing and often repeat an image in another physical form just to see what happens, what the difference is, to see what it is that connects them and what it is that separates them." – Jasper Johns