Ray Johnson mail art, ca. 1958-1994.

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Ray Johnson mail art, ca. 1958-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122906541

This collection includes 10 letters and 26 pieces of mail art (decorated letters, postcards) from Ray Johnson.

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University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC

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SNAC Resource ID: 6810329

University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC

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Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995

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Ray Johnson (1927-1995) was a painter from Locust Valley, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ray Johnson, 1968 Apr. 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223586 Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ray Johnson is frequently referred to as the "father of mail art." He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1945 to 1948, then moved to New York. Although he worked as an abstract painter for several years, by 1953 Johnson h...