Jasper Johns

Foirades/Fizzles
1976

A colorful abstract artwork featuring a pattern of short, thick brushstrokes in orange, green, and purple on a textured off-white background. The strokes are arranged in a seemingly random, overlapping fashion, creating a vibrant and dynamic composition. The artwork is presented within a simple, flat frame.
A colorful abstract artwork featuring a pattern of short, thick brushstrokes in orange, green, and purple on a textured off-white background. The strokes are arranged in a seemingly random, overlapping fashion, creating a vibrant and dynamic composition. The artwork is presented within a simple, flat frame.

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Date
1976

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint with accordion-binding

Dimensions
Book: 12 × 10 × 1 1/2in. (30.5 × 25.4 × 3.8 cm)

Accession number
84.52

Edition
72/250 | 30 APs, 20 HCs

Publication
Printed by Atelier Crommelynck; published by Petersburg Press

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/4405

Part of a series:

6 Lithographs (after "Untitled 1975")

8 works

A vibrant abstract painting featuring a dense array of short, multicolored strokes in red, blue, yellow, and white, creating a lively and chaotic pattern across the canvas.
A colorful abstract artwork featuring a dense pattern of short, thick lines in red, blue, and yellow, overlapping in a seemingly random fashion on a white background. The composition is off-center, with a large blank space to the right. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
A colorful abstract artwork featuring a pattern of red, blue, and yellow lines intersecting at various angles, creating a vibrant mosaic. The pattern is contained within two square panels at the top and bottom of the image, with a large blank space in the center. The background is white, and the artwork has a border suggesting it may be a print or painting on paper.
A modern art piece featuring a pattern of short, multicolored lines in red, blue, and yellow, clustered on the left side of a white canvas, with a large blank space surrounding the pattern. The artwork is signed in the lower right corner.
A modern art piece featuring a large blank space on the left and a colorful pattern of red, blue, and yellow lines on the right, all on an off-white background.
A modern art piece featuring a pattern of short, multicolored diagonal lines in red, blue, and yellow on two small, adjacent rectangular sections against a large, blank beige background. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.
A vibrant abstract painting featuring a dense pattern of short, multicolored strokes in red, blue, and yellow, creating a lively and chaotic mosaic on a white background.
A colorful abstract artwork featuring a pattern of short, thick brushstrokes in orange, green, and purple on a textured off-white background. The strokes are arranged in a seemingly random, overlapping fashion, creating a vibrant and dynamic composition. The artwork is presented within a simple, flat frame.

Jasper Johns
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