Ray Johnson
James Cagney, 1933

James Cagney, 1933

© Ray Johnson Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

James Cagney, 1933
James Cagney, 1933
ArtistAmerican, 1927–1995
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • James Cagney, 1933
Date1988–1992
MediumCollage
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Mount: 10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (26 × 21 cm)
Frame: 17 3/4 × 14 3/4in. (45.1 × 37.5cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accession Endowment Fund
Object number2002.327
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Pasted Papers: The Art of Collage," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, February 1-May 15, 2011.

"Familiar to the Eye," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed lower right below image: "James Cagney, 1933"
Marked in pencil lower right below the image: 5-2-88"
Signed in pencil on mount, lower right below the image: "Ray Johnson 1988-92"
Labels on verso :
"THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM / 25Job's Lane / Southampton, NY 11968 / FACE VALUE: AMERICAN PORTRAITS / ... / jULY 16-sEPT. 3, 1995 / Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, / Feb. 3-April 21, 1996 / Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, July / 14-Sept.8, 1996 / 31. / Johnson, Ray: James Cagney / Crate no: 6"

GALLERY SCHLESINGER LIMITED / Ray Johnson / James Cagney 1988-92 / ...24 EAST 73RD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 / 2127343600..."

"SANDRA GERING GALLERY / Ray Johnson / ...476 Broome Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10012"

Stamp on verso: "BARK FRAMEWORKS, INC. /...NEW YORK..."

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