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New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996. Softbound. VG. May have owner's writing on first page.. Gray & pictorial wraps, white lettering. 408 pp. 275 color illus., 207 BW illus., four gatefolds. Issued in conjunction with a 1996-1997 of artwork rendered by American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930). A nice copy of this important retrospective covering the years from 1930 to 1995. With two essays, fantastic illustrations, and an extensive chronology compiled by Lillian Tone. Contents as follows: Introduction : A sense of life / Kirk Varnedoe -- "Seeing a thing can sometimes trigger the mind to make another thing" / Roberta Bernstein -- Fire: Johns's work as seen and used by American artists / Kirk Varnedoe -- Chronology and plates / compiled by Lilian Tone : 1930-1958 ; 1959-1960 ; 1961-1963 ; 1964-1971 ; 1972-1978 ; 1979-1981 ; 1982-1984 ; 1985-1989 ; 1990-1995 -- Notes to the chronology. Accompanying the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1996-97, Jasper…
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