Correspondence: an exhibition of the letters of Ray Johnson.
Johnson, Ray; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Richard Craven, organizer.
Price: $450.00
Book Id: 15551
Description
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976. 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 Correspondance 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. 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. This copy has been collated in full against two other copies. 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.
