Lot #1962: JASPER JOHNS - Cup 2 Picasso - Original color lithograph

 

Artist: Jasper Johns (American, b.1930).
Title: "Cup 2 Picasso".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1973.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 x 10 1/2 in. (381 x 267 mm). Image size: 10 11/16 x 8 1/8 in. (271 x 206 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left; signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Light cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: U123; F168.
Comment(s): According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for an impression from the edition in this size is US$2,043 (£1,440) at Sotheby's, London (Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, Sale #L01170) - 05/11/2001 - lot #308. The print was also issued in larger format (approx. 21·15/16 x 13·15/16in). 'Gordon's' lists that auction record as Swann Galleries (19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, #2106) - 03/06/2007 - lot#710 - sold for $4,320. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [28320-3-400-NA]