Over the years, Johnson inducted hundreds or thousands of recipients into what he called the New York Correspondence School by mailing them oblique yet personalized messages. These altered book and magazine pages were among the unmailed works found in his house after his death.
Ray Johnson (1927–1995)
Untitled (Nothing with Brancusi)
Undated
Ink on book page
9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.13 × 19.05 cm)
The Ray Johnson Estate
© Ray Johnson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Ray Johnson (1927–1995)
Untitled (Mapplethorpe with moticos)
Undated
Ink on magazine page
Image: 7 × 7 in. (17.78 × 17.78 cm)
The Ray Johnson Estate
The Morgan Library & Museum. Gift of the Ray Johnson Estate, courtesy of Frances Beatty.
Ray Johnson (1927–1995)
Untitled (book page with umbrella as splint)
Undated
Ink on paper
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 in. (24.13 × 17.78 cm)
The Ray Johnson Estate
© Ray Johnson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York