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(More customer reviews)A catalogue raisonne (to early 1971; the exhibition was May 5 - July 6, 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with an applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks. In addition to the print (which is glued to the inside front cover of the box), the box should contain the catalog, a sheet of protective foam and a loose MoMA publication slip. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 then in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition of 22,500 was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target is mechanically reproduced. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, crude forgery is indicated. If the target itself is colored, the work has been done by a previous owner. (I once saw a copy that looked more like a Kenneth Noland than a Jasper Johns.) If you are going to pay the price this item usually commands, be sure it is a "genuine," mint copy.
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