Untitled
1970s
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photocopy on wove paper and inscribed envelope with drawings in pink marker
Dimensions
overall: 27.8 x 21.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Accession Number
2007.6.37
Art Historical Context
Ray Johnson's *Untitled* from the 1970s the artist's pioneering role in the Mail Art movement, a grassroots network that bypassed traditional galleries by circulating handmade works through the postal system. As founder of the New York Correspondence School in 1960s, Johnson blurred the lines between art, friendship, and ephemera, often sending collages, photocopies, and drawings to like Fluxus artists and Pop contemporaries. This piece, part of the National Gallery of Art's Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, captures that democratic spirit—intimate in scale at 27.8 x 21.5 cm, yet expansive...