# @phillipsauction on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BbPVxROFhd5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12832547-phillipsauction-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-11-08T15:42:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Phillips (@phillipsauction) — https://gondola.cc/phillipsauction

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In 1958, #JasperJohns' first solo exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York took the art world by storm and changed the course of art history forever. Destroying all of the artworks that remained in his possession in the autumn of 1954, Johns began creating his first paintings of flags, targets and Arabic numerals, the last of which features as a key motif in the drawing '0 through 9', 1979, on offer in our upcoming #20thCentury & #ContemporaryArt Evening Sale on 16 November at 5PM EST. Read the full story via link in bio. Visit our #NewYork 20th Century & Contemporary Art fall auction preview at 450 Park Avenue through 15 November. Photo Credit: Artist Jasper Johns in his studio, 1958. Photo by Peter Stackpole / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images. Art © 2017 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA
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Our 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales are on view at 450 Park Avenue 3-15 November in advance of the Evening Sale on 16 November at 5PM EST and Day Sale on 15 November at 11AM EST and 2PM EST. Visit Phillips.com today to browse our sale catalogues, place advance bids and follow your favorite artists.

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20thcentury, jasperjohns, contemporaryart, newyork

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