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Box 1

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Contains 174 Results:

APcS from Doug [?] to Ray Johnson, 1976 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 26
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“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.

Dates: 1976 July

APcS from Irene Dogmatic to Ray Johnson, circa 1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 27
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“Dear Ray – See ya soon! Irene.” Recto: “Wonder Woman goes Dogmatic” by Irene Dogmatic.

Dates: circa 1977

TPc from Brian, Geoff & Joe to Ray Johnson, 1978 April 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 28
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“Dear Ray, Read this card.” Recto: “Greetings from the Berkshires in Massachusetts,” with photographs of covered bridge and outdoor pavilion.

Dates: 1978 April 5

APcS from Norris Embry to Ray Johnson, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 29
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“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.

Dates: undated

AN to Ray Johnson, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 30
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“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.

Dates: undated

Five with Sentry Hardware advertisements, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 1-5

Sea food platter, specialty of Ideal Fish Restaurant, Santa Cruz, CA (3 copies), undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 7-9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty-two blank postcards.

Dates: undated

Seven with scenes from Red Detachment of Women: A Modern Revolutionary Dance Drama, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 10-16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty-two blank postcards.

Dates: undated

“Blood Bank” by Monte Cazzaza, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty-two blank postcards.

Dates: undated

Baloo the Bear at Disneyland, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty-two blank postcards.

Dates: undated

Sign at the Holiday Inn, Silver Spring, MD, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty-two blank postcards.

Dates: undated

Book About Death, circa 1963-1965, 2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Johnson likely addressed the envelopes in which these were sent in purple marker, since many have evidence of bleed-through. The legible transfers are noted: Page 1: “Mary Crehan, 4, choked to death….," Page 2: “Cigar Bands from the Diane…," Page 3: “8AbABY” (Copy has “Jacksong Mac Low / 965 Hoe / Bronx, N.Y.” and “N.Y.C.S. Meeting April 1st” transferred onto verso in purple ink), Page 5: Andy Warhol (3 copies, one with “N.Y.C.S. Meeting April 1st / To: V. Romano / 9 Bleeker St. / NYC, NY”...
Dates: circa 1963-1965, 2002

Ray Johnson Design, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 1
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8 ½ x 14 inches. Drawing of chair, with text: “Ray Johnson DESIGN 2 Dover St. N.Y.C. / RE. 2-0375.”

Dates: undated

Ray Johnson Movie Star Collages, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 2
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8 ½ x 14 inches. Offset printed flyer. Black mask, lips, and speech bubble, filled with stars. Title written on mask.

Dates: undated

The Living Theatre Dance Concert, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 3-4
Scope and Contents 8 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Offset printed flyer. The concert presented work from a class in dance composition conducted by James Waring. Participants: Joan Baker, Diane di Prima, David Gordon, Peter Hartman, Fred Herko, Susan Kaufman, Timothy la Farge, Aileen Passloff, Corinne Robins, Valda Setterfield, and Janet Weinberger. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the Living Theatre was known for its cutting-edge theatrical productions where the boundaries between art and life were blurred as actors were...
Dates: 1959

A Concert of New Music, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 5
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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.

Dates: undated

The Palace of the Dragon Prince, 1964 May

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 6
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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.

Dates: 1964 May

“If tears”, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 7
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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.”

Dates: undated