Crichton, Michael — Jasper Johns

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1977. Softcover. Color wraps, French flaps, 248 pp. 172 plates, chiefly in color, 5 fold-outs. Photo is of a previous coyp; this copy is NOT ex-library with label to spine. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1977-1978 exhibitions, beginning at the Whitney Museum in New York. The plates make up the bulk of the book; the text covers the topics 1) impressions of the artist, 2) a brief history of the work, and 3) the function of the observer. Also includes a bibliography and an index of illustrated works. Good+ (scuffs, scratches, speckled staining & foxing to wraps. spine creased; textblock & pgs firm, intact. foxing to textblock edges w/ remnants to pg edges. textblock edge has abrasion to opening section w/ rubbing to those pg edges. heavy foxing to endpapers) .