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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Eng. 1976 79-361	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

Additional Authors

Johns, Jasper, 1930-

Description

[64] p. (including covers) : ill. (some col.); 34 cm.

Uniform Title

Foirades. English & French

Alternative Title

Note

Added t.p. in English, with title: Fizzles.
Five prose texts, in French and English. English versions by the author, made in 1974 for this edition.
30 double leaves formed from 31 folded sheets joined to each other at the fore-edge; first and last leaf form double leaves with front and back cover respectively. Each double leaf is secured to the binding by a concealed blank leaf attached within the joint.
Illustrations: 7 double-page (2 col. at beginning and end), 19 full-page and 7 smaller etchings, printed at the Atelier Crommelynck, Paris, 1975-1976. 2 col. lithographs (variants of the first col. etching) mounted as case lining.
Watermarks: Author's initials; facsim. of artist's signature.
Binding: Publisher's handmade stiff white paper, by Rudolf Rieser, Cologne. Issued in beige linen case.
Prospectus ([10] p. ; 21 cm.) laid in.

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1976 79-361

LCCN

77361543

OCLC

NYPG794872993-B

Author

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Title

Foirades / Samuel Beckett ; gravures, Jasper Johns.

Imprint

London ; New York : Petersburg Press, 1976.

Indexed In:

Phillips & Zwicker. American livre de peintre, 23

Castleman, R. Century of artists books, p. 214

Local Note

300 copies printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris. No. 143 of 250 offered for sale; signed by the author and the artist.

Added Author

Johns, Jasper, 1930-

Added Title

Fizzles.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1976 79-361