Jasper Johns, A Rose is a Rose is a Rose: Das Graphische Werk 1960 -1970

Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1971. Catalogue in a box for John's exhibition curated by Johannes Cladders. Original printed cardboard box, 20.5 x 16 x 3.5 cm. Edition of 550 numbered copies, this one stamped 406.

Contains a compartment with a waxed plastic rose, and a compartment with three rolled sheets with texts in German. The scrolls feature an introduction and essay on Gertrude Stein's poem by Cladders; an ill. checklist of 131 exhibited works; an advertisement for John's lightbulb works. Cardboard box with light water spot on front, corners of the box are loose as the glue has dried. Fine copy of this delightful edition in the famous Mönchengladbach boxed catalogue series.