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RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Seven Centers of a Ladder, 1950

Oil on board

40 x 15 inches

Ray Johnson Estate, New York

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Ladder World, 1949-51

Oil on board

27 5/8 x 27 1/4 inches

Ray Johnson Estate, New York

Installation View

Installation View

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Ladder Whirled, 1952-65

Mixed media collage on board

30 x 30 inches

The William S. Wilson Collection of Ray Johnson, long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Untitled (Moticos with Red Ground), 1958

Mixed media collage on cardboard panel

11 x 7 1/2 inches

Ray Johnson Estate, New York

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Calm Center, 1949-51

Oil on board

28 x 28 inches

Private collection

Installation View

Installation View

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

With Two Antacid Ingredients, 1953-59

Mixed media collage on cardboard panel

14 1/4 x 10 inches

Ray Johnson Estate, New York

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Caged, 1959

Cut-and-pasted painted papers on colored board mounted on painted board

17 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

Museum of Modern Art, New York

© The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY

Installation View

Installation View

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Untitled (Strips Whirled), 1953-58

Collage of cut printed, painted, and colored papers and opaque and translucent watercolors, with

metallic coated paper and traces of graphite, on board

7 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches

The William S. Wilson Collection of Ray Johnson, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Birds, c. 1960

Oil, found paper collage on canvasboard

26 5/8 x 24 1/4 inches

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Fire on Ice, 1965

Mixed media collage on board

23 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches

Private collection

Installation View

Installation View

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

ICE, 1966

Mixed media collage, tempera, gouache and ink on illustration board

30 x 30 inches

Ray Johnson Estate, New York

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Comb, 1966

Oil, board collage on board

24 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches

RAY JOHNSON

RAY JOHNSON

Totem, 1965

Acrylic, pastel, and found paper collage on board

23 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches

Private collection

Installation View

Installation View