Snake, 1975

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Medium

brush and black ink over typewritten letter on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21.59 × 27.94 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)

Accession Number

2015.19.2736

Artists / Makers

Ray Johnson (artist) American, 1927 - 1995

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Inscription

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

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Honorable William H.G. Fitzgerald, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, a

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.