Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper, postmark March 5, 1947

Date

1947

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.

Object Type

Drawings

Credit Line

Black Mountain College Collection, Gift of the Black Mountain College Project and Lorna Blaine Halper

Accession Number

2012.26.138.02

Description

Ray Johnson, "Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper, postmark March 5, 1947". 1947. A stick figure in blue pen composed of various parallel lines. Above the figure's head is a airplane composed of similar parallel lines. There is blue pen text above the plane and on the left of the figure. Above plane, "Tuesday / Dear Lorna, / Where is that helicopter?". Below plane, "Red cardinals / in the snow. / I cycles. / bycycles. / snow. / wind. / crippled legs / and pregnant / cats. / unborn / kittens. / soap suds. / black. / needles. / friend. / trees. / spring. / days and days / of drawing / leaves and / trees and / sitting in the / sun. / I send my / love to you / Ray / a Leprechaun". Verso: is red metallic color similar to wrapping paper.

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Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper, postmark March 5, 1947

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