Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper (pg. 3 & 4)

Date

1947

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Pencil, crayon on construction paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.

Object Type

Drawings

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2012.26.140.03

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Description

Ray Johnson, "Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper (pg. 3 & 4)". 1947. Pencil, crayon on construction paper. Orange construction paper. Recto: In pencil done in cursive, "page 3 / Oh, I'll enclose a page / of drawings of a dog / that belongs to Alice / Jackson. My dogs look / like an assortment of / baboons, chinchillas, / strange creatures, my / sketches created much / amusement in class. / [James] Thurber drawings are / really something I / think. A dog is more / than a dog." Bottom of paper is a drawing of a dog. Verso: "4 / Asawa does these wonderful / little drawings of creatures / and animals! Graham / Sutherland makes tiny / detailed drawings of / plant life and then / enlarges them to / scale and makes / paintings of them. / See his thom bushes, / etc. at Bucholtz. / I like your study" In blue crayon is a rectangular spiral.

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Letter from Ray Johnson to Lorna Halper (pg. 3 & 4)

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