Author: Johnson, Ray and William S. Wilson (Introductory essay)
Title: Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson
Description: Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976. Softbound. Folding cream colored portfolio with glossy covers. Opens to reveal two pockets, each of which contain a plethora of loose but organized materials numbering 254 sheets. Laurence mcGilvery has written a wonderful description of this catalogue, which I quote here verbatim: "Exhibition catalogue in the form of a thick folder with a pocket on each side holding loose sheets that reproduce letters, postcards, drawings, etc. of the late mail artist and founder of the New York Correspondence School, Ray Johnson (1927-1995). The stiff, white folder measures 29.3 x 24 cm and is 3.9 cm thick. A photo of Johnson and the long list of lenders appear on the rear. The two pockets hold, respectively, 126 and 128 leaves. There are a total of 84 contributors to the effort. Some are printed on both sides, and some are legal-sized paper folded at the bottom to 8-1/2 x 11 inches. The list of 99 lenders to the show reads like a who's who of the art world: Arakawa, Lynda Benglis, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Elaine de Kooning, Charles Henri Ford, Henry Geldzahler, Dick Higgins, Richard Lippold, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Arturo Schwarz, and Ben Vautier, among many others. "Ray Johnson: the comedian as the letter," by William S. Wilson is printed on the two pockets. Ray Johnson's antecedents are found among the avant-garde of the 19th century and the Dadaists and every one of us who ever indulged in wordplay and puns. He was an irreplaceable participant in the Fluxus movement. Almost inevitably, given its construction, the folder shows some wear, especially along the rear joint where the two halves are sealed together. Some light tanning of the covers." This copy has has the proper number of sheets (254). VG, slight tear to top of folder spine and a small peel of the laminate at the lower spine, some curling to edges but overall solid and presentable. Slight age-toning along the extremities of the folder.
Keywords: American Artists ; Johnson, Ray ; ;
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Title: Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson
Description: Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976. Softbound. Folding cream colored portfolio with glossy covers. Opens to reveal two pockets, each of which contain a plethora of loose but organized materials numbering 254 sheets. Laurence mcGilvery has written a wonderful description of this catalogue, which I quote here verbatim: "Exhibition catalogue in the form of a thick folder with a pocket on each side holding loose sheets that reproduce letters, postcards, drawings, etc. of the late mail artist and founder of the New York Correspondence School, Ray Johnson (1927-1995). The stiff, white folder measures 29.3 x 24 cm and is 3.9 cm thick. A photo of Johnson and the long list of lenders appear on the rear. The two pockets hold, respectively, 126 and 128 leaves. There are a total of 84 contributors to the effort. Some are printed on both sides, and some are legal-sized paper folded at the bottom to 8-1/2 x 11 inches. The list of 99 lenders to the show reads like a who's who of the art world: Arakawa, Lynda Benglis, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Elaine de Kooning, Charles Henri Ford, Henry Geldzahler, Dick Higgins, Richard Lippold, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Arturo Schwarz, and Ben Vautier, among many others. "Ray Johnson: the comedian as the letter," by William S. Wilson is printed on the two pockets. Ray Johnson's antecedents are found among the avant-garde of the 19th century and the Dadaists and every one of us who ever indulged in wordplay and puns. He was an irreplaceable participant in the Fluxus movement. Almost inevitably, given its construction, the folder shows some wear, especially along the rear joint where the two halves are sealed together. Some light tanning of the covers." This copy has has the proper number of sheets (254). VG, slight tear to top of folder spine and a small peel of the laminate at the lower spine, some curling to edges but overall solid and presentable. Slight age-toning along the extremities of the folder.
Keywords: American Artists ; Johnson, Ray ; ;
Price: US$ 725.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 115043
- Book number: 115043
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