Jasper Johns : a retrospective / Kirk Varnedoe ; with an essay by Roberta Bernstein.
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TextPublication details: New York : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, c2006.Edition: Reprint edDescription: 408 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN: - 0870703927
- 759.13 JOH
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 759.13 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100311951 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The work of Jasper Johns occupies a key position in the art of the 20th century. Jasper Johns: A Retrospective, now reissued, is the most complete and authoritative book on the artist to date, containing 279 colour plates illustrating his work in all its facets - paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints.With its lively, scholarly essays, plate section, chronology and extensive bibliography, this book remains the indispensable reference work on this crucially important artist.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 20, 1996-Jan. 21, 1997.
First edition published 1996 - verso of t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-403) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. 9)
- Acknowledgments (p. 10)
- Introduction: A Sense of Life (p. 13)
- "Seeing a Thing Can Sometimes Trigger the Mind to Make Another Thing" (p. 39)
- Fire: Johns's Work as Seen and Used by American Artists (p. 93)
- Chronology and Plates
- 1930-1958 (p. 117)
- 1959-1960 (p. 163)
- 1961-1963 (p. 191)
- 1964-1971 (p. 223)
- 1972-1978 (p. 269)
- 1979-1981 (p. 301)
- 1982-1984 (p. 319)
- 1985-1989 (p. 337)
- 1990-1995 (p. 359)
- Notes to the Chronology (p. 384)
- Selected Bibliography (p. 397)
- Index of Illustrations (p. 404)