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Ray Johnson

Untitled (Letterbox), 1964

Not on View

Medium

mixed media assemblage

Dimensions

overall: 43.8 x 31.8 x 11.4 cm (17 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2006.56.1.1-121

Artists / Makers

Ray Johnson (sculptor) American, 1927 - 1995

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Inscription

stamped on bottom: JUL 28 1964

Provenance

The artist; probably a gift 1964 to David Bourdon [1934-1998], New York; his estate; purchased 1999 by (Virginia Green, New York);[1] private collection; (Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco); purchased 12 June 2006 by NGA.

[1] Letter, 16 April 2013, Les Levine (executor of Bourdon's estate) to the NGA, and notes from a telephone conversation, 21 January 2010, between NGA staff and Frances Beatty; both in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bourdon, David
Hackett-Freedman Gallery
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Exhibition History

1976: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1976, selected envelopes and their contents, no. 18 (number assigned to the lender, David Bourdon), repros.

1991: More Works by Ray Johnson, 1951-1991, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, 1991, unnumbered catalogue.

1999: Ray Johnson: Correspondences, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1999 (New York) and 2000 (Columbus), unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2005: Jess -- Word Pictures -- Ray Johnson: Paste-ups, Moticos and Assemblages 1951-1997, Art Basel, Hackett-Freedman Gallery booth, Miami Beach, 2005, unnumbered catalogue, repro.