Ray Johnson mail art to David Bourdon

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Object Details

Creator

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995

Bourdon, David, 1934-1998

Subject

New York Correspondence School

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 mail art : photocopy ; 28 x 22 cm.

Summary

Mail art depicts the silhouette of a horse, embellished with white circles and lines, and text on its torso which reads: send New York Correspondance to Rosalind Constable, 360 West 22 St., N.Y.C. 10011.
All around the horse are names of artists and celebrities.

Citation

Ray Johnson. Ray Johnson mail art to David Bourdon, not before 1962. David Bourdon papers, 1941-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

not before 1962

Record number

(DSI-AAA)14221

Type

Correspondence

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David Bourdon papers, 1941-1998

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Animals in art

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_14221