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[Dear] ELAINE / YOUR LETTER MADE ME SO HAPPY I COULD CRY / BUT I DANCED WITH JEAN MAURICE. / TONIGHT I WAS PAINTING BEDROOM WHITE. / they come november 1. / MY / INTERIORS / cover comes out next month. / I HOPE YOU AND JOHN SEE IT. / if I have some covers, I’ll send you one. / YOUR FRUIT CAKE WAS SO GOOD. / I HAD A BIG PARTY THAT WILLIE, JOHN REISS, LORNA, / PATSY, DEHN, PAUL, ASAWA, BOBBY, JOE FIORE, JEAN MAURICE, / STACK, HAZEL, SIHVONENS, CAME TO. / A HUGE CAKE THE SIZE OF A WASHING MACHINE / BAKED BY MALLAY AND COVERED WITH STRAWBERRIES BY WILLIE. / asawa is making baskets from wire
[Dear] ELAINE / YOUR LETTER MADE ME SO HAPPY I COULD CRY / BUT I DANCED WITH JEAN MAURICE. / TONIGHT I WAS PAINTING BEDROOM WHITE. / they come november 1. / MY / INTERIORS / cover comes out next month. / I HOPE YOU AND JOHN SEE IT. / if I have some covers, I’ll send you one. / YOUR FRUIT CAKE WAS SO GOOD. / I HAD A BIG PARTY THAT WILLIE, JOHN REISS, LORNA, / PATSY, DEHN, PAUL, ASAWA, BOBBY, JOE FIORE, JEAN MAURICE, / STACK, HAZEL, SIHVONENS, CAME TO. / A HUGE CAKE THE SIZE OF A WASHING MACHINE / BAKED BY MALLAY AND COVERED WITH STRAWBERRIES BY WILLIE. / asawa is making baskets from wire
Artwork: 2014.14.1
Untitled Mailing (First Page)
Early works produced at Black Mountain College.
11 x 8.5 inches
In copyright
Gift of Brian Butler
Ray Johnson, Untitled Mailing (First Page), 1947. Ink and pencil on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Brian Butler.