Box 1
Contains 174 Results:
APcS from Doug [?] to Ray Johnson, 1976 July
“I am staying in a raw loft on 53 Green St #4, only a temporary situation I am looking for a better space for when Brian gets here in August. Any ideas on a space or job possibilities, please drop buy [sic]. Can’t find your phone #.” Recto: “Originalgrafik, serie 5: Heidelberg, number 3,” by Klaus Staek.
APcS from Irene Dogmatic to Ray Johnson, circa 1977
“Dear Ray – See ya soon! Irene.” Recto: “Wonder Woman goes Dogmatic” by Irene Dogmatic.
TPc from Brian, Geoff & Joe to Ray Johnson, 1978 April 5
“Dear Ray, Read this card.” Recto: “Greetings from the Berkshires in Massachusetts,” with photographs of covered bridge and outdoor pavilion.
APcS from Norris Embry to Ray Johnson, undated
“Norris Embry is so bored he wants to hang himself: tell all NYCS people who have an idea how to live.” Recto: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, with portions scratched out in ink.
AN to Ray Johnson, undated
“Please send of otherwise to Roberta Smith / 106 Forsyth St / NYC 10002.” Enclosing assortment of odds and ends, including a butterfly, a modified photograph, a leaf, an empty matchbook, and an assortment of cut-outs from envelopes and magazines.
Five with Sentry Hardware advertisements, undated
7 x 4 ½ inches each.
#5 “Oakland to New York Sideways” by Pat Tavenner, Fletcher Copp, Irene Dogmatic, May Wilson, Anna Banana, and John Evans, undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Sea food platter, specialty of Ideal Fish Restaurant, Santa Cruz, CA (3 copies), undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Seven with scenes from Red Detachment of Women: A Modern Revolutionary Dance Drama, undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Three with selections from International Sources, issue 11, Source: “Music of the Avant Garde”, undated
Images by Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Christo, and Gyula Gulyas.
“Blood Bank” by Monte Cazzaza, undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Baloo the Bear at Disneyland, undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Sign at the Holiday Inn, Silver Spring, MD, undated
Twenty-two blank postcards.
Book About Death, circa 1963-1965, 2002
Ray Johnson Design, undated
8 ½ x 14 inches. Drawing of chair, with text: “Ray Johnson DESIGN 2 Dover St. N.Y.C. / RE. 2-0375.”
Ray Johnson Movie Star Collages, undated
8 ½ x 14 inches. Offset printed flyer. Black mask, lips, and speech bubble, filled with stars. Title written on mask.
The Living Theatre Dance Concert, 1959
A Concert of New Music, undated
8 ½ x 12 ¾ inches. Offset printed flyer. Poster for concert at the Living Theatre, featuring music by Brecht, Cage, Hansen, Kaprow, Maxfield, McDowell, and Rauschenberg.
The Palace of the Dragon Prince, 1964 May
A Ballet. 8 ½ x 14 inches. Offset printed flyer on yellow paper. Ballet by Fred Herko, danced by Carla Blank, Abigail Ewert, Terry Foreman, Fred Herko, Robert Holloway, Deborah Lee, Sandra Neels, Phoebe Neville, Elsene Sorrentino, Polly Stearns, and Adoratio Jones at Judson Memorial Church, NYC.
“If tears”, undated
8 ½ x 11 inches. Mimeograph flyer on green paper advertising Ray Johnson design. Printed text: “If tears are dropped on a dry piece of paper, stained with the juice of the petals of mallows or violets, they will change the paper to a permanently green colour.”