bee

Untitled (Barnett's bee), 1959-60

from Ray Johnson: Correspondences, Wexner Center for the Arts/Flammarion, , 1999

The birds are buried today.

Ray Johnson/Feigen Gallery art ad from Artforum, Feb., 1970

endpapers

endpapers from:

How Far is Far? by Alvin Tresselt and Ward Brackett, 1964 / See What I Am by Roger Duvoisin, 1974 / Sparkle and Spin by Ann and Paul Rand, 1957 / What is the World? by Betty Miles and Remy Charlip (endpapers by Ray Johnson), 1958 (previously) / A Day of Winter by Betty Miles and Remy Charlip, 1961 / Swimmy by Leo Lionni, 1968 / What A Fine Day For... by Ruth Krauss and Remy Charlip, 1969 (previously)

The Paper Snake by Ray Johnson, Something Else Press, NY, 1965

Remy Charlip: What Is The World?

Endpapers by Ray Johnson

What is the World? by Betty Miles, illustrated by Remy Charlip, Knopf 1958. Charlip illustrated two more books for Betty Miles: A Day Of Summer (1960) and A Day Of Winter (1961), but this is by far the best of those collaborations. Contains contributions by Ray Johnson (endpapers), John Cage ("snow flakes") and Norman Solomon ("postcard"). Remy Charlip was friends with Johnson and he appears in the extra footage of the great film How To Draw A Bunny.
More Remy Charlip posts to follow.

Ray Johnson

Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud. Cover design by Ray Johnson for New Directions, 1957