Snake

1975

Ray Johnson

Associated Names
Ray Johnson

Artist, American, 1927 - 1995

This is an image of a piece of paper with a drawing and text overlay. The image includes a typed letter on official paper from the New York Studio School of drawing, painting, and sculpture, addressed to Ray Johnson and dated September 1975. The letter features a bold, black drawing of what appears to be a stylized fish or snake. The drawing includes the words "Ray Snake" and the year "1975" handwritten in an expressive script. The letter is signed by Mercedes Matter, Dean of the school, visible beneath the drawing.

Media Options

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Works by Ray Johnson, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, 1984

2006

  • Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 235, no. 1569.

Inscriptions

center in black ink: Johnson / Ray / snake / 1975

Wikidata ID

Q64620076

You may be interested in

Loading Results