Snake
1975
Artist, American, 1927 - 1995
Artwork overview
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Medium
brush and black ink over typewritten letter on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 21.59 × 27.94 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2736
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