Joe Brainard Archive

Accession Processed in 1987

ARTWORK

box 1, folder 1, oversize AB002B

IF

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Ink and gouache, three panels, 10 x 7 images, ca. 1975, all unsigned.

box 1, folder 2, oversize AB010C

ULTRA-NEW REALISM 1972

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Self-portrait, graphite on paper and collage, 13 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 3, oversize AB010C

UNTITLED 1972

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Graphite on paper and collage, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 4, oversize AB010A

MOON AND REFLECTION 1978

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Collage, 8 x 6 1/8, unsigned.

box 1, folder 5, oversize AB010A

TULIPS AND DAFFODILS 1967

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Watercolor, 14 x 11.

box 1, folder 6, oversize AB010A

HUMAN PEAR 1977

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Collage, 6 x 4.

box 1, folder 7, oversize AB010B

CHERRY 1973

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Oil on canvas, unmounted, 3 5/8 x 6 1/8.

box 1, folder 8, oversize AB010A

LETTERS 1978

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Watercolor, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2, unsigned.

box 1, folder 9, oversize AB010B

POST-CARD LANDSCAPE 1979

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Collage, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4.

box 1, folder 10, oversize MC06601

CARTE POSTAL 1978

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Collage, 7 5/8 x 5 5/16.

box 1, folder 11, oversize AB003E

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: RELAX 1966

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Ink on paper, 8 panels, (see 1.134).

box 1, folder 12, oversize AB005D

BUTTERFLY MADONNA 1966

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Collage, 14 x 11.

box 1, folder 13, oversize AB001F

HAMPTON BEACH CONSTRUCTION #1 1970

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Construction, 24 x 1 1/2.

box 1, folder 14, oversize AB001E

HAMPTON BEACH CONSTRUCTION #2 1970

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Construction, 23 1/2 x 5.

box 1, folder 15, oversize AB008C

ADA POSTER 1971

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(Alex Katz) offset lithograph, 19 1/2 x 27 1/2.

box 1, folder 16, oversize AB005D

BEACH HOUSE 1968

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(Alex Katz) screenprint, 49/50, 5 1/2 x 7 1/4.

box 1, folder 17, oversize AB002A

DAY LILY #1

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 2/90, 21 x 27 1/2.

box 1, folder 18, oversize AB002A

DAY LILY #2

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 49/90, 21 x 27 1/2.

box 1, folder 19, oversize AB002B

HEAD OF VINCENT 1972

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 30/120, 15 x 21.

box 1, folder 20, oversize AB003F

WILLIAM DUMAS: HOMAGE TO FRANK O'HARA 1972

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 22/90, 33 5/6 x 25 7/16.

box 1, folder 21, oversize AB006B

LATE JULY #1

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 75/120, 22 x 28.

box 1, folder 22, oversize AB006B

LATE JULY #2

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 102/120, 22x 28. Located SPEC ANP MC NE2312.K38 A6 1962 MSS 5.

box 1, folder 23, oversize AB002A

PORTRAIT OF A POET: KENNETH KOCH

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 8/200, 28 1/8 x 22 1/2.

box 1, folder 24, oversize AB009B

WINDOW 1962

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(Alex Katz) oil on masonite, 14 7/8 x 13.

box 1, folder 25, oversize AB003D

SWAMP MAPLE #1 1970

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 67/84, 41 1/16 x 27 1/2.

box 1, folder 26, oversize AB003D

SWAMP MAPLE #2 1970

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 74/90, 41 1/16 x 27 1/2.

box 1, folder 27, oversize AB008C

SELF-PORTRAIT 1963

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(With poem by Ted Berrigan) collage, 24 3/4 x 11 1/2.

box 1, folder 28, oversize MC06601

FLEISHMANN'S 1965

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(Collaboration with Frank O'Hara) collage, 13 3/4 x 10 3/4, signed by O'Hara and Brainard.

box 1, folder 29, oversize AB009D

CIGARETTE BUTTS by Joe Brainard 1974

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(2 of 5 from set of 6; sixth in Ron Padgett collection) oil on canvas board, all 12 x 9, unsigned.

box 1, folder 30, oversize AB009E

CIGARETTE BUTTS by Joe Brainard 1974

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(3 of 5 from set of 6; sixth in Ron Padgett collection) oil on canvas board, all 12 x 9, unsigned.

box 1, folder 31, oversize AB005C

NIGHT-VIEW FROM THE ARTIST'S LOFT 1971

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Oil on canvas, 16 x 12, unsigned, (see 1.81).

box 1, folder 32, oversize AB005C

DAY-VIEW FROM THE ARTIST'S LOFT 1971

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Oil on canvas, 16 x 12, unsigned, (see 1.81).

box 1, folder 33, oversize AB005D

POET'S CORNER: CALAIS, VT. 1973

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Gouache on paper, 6 x 7 1/2.

box 1, folder 34, oversize AB004A

J. J. MITCHELL 1972

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Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 35, oversize AB004A

ADA KATZ 1972

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Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 36, oversize AB004B

LARRY FAGIN 1971

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Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/2.

box 1, folder 37, oversize AB004B

BILL ELLIOT 1972

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Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 38, oversize AB004B

RON PADGETT 1971

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Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/4.

box 1, folder 39, oversize AB004C

BILL BERKSON 1971

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Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 40, oversize AB004C

JAMES SCHUYLER 1971

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Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 41, oversize AB004C

TED BERRIGAN 1971

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Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/4.

box 1, folder 42, oversize AB004D

Covers for two Boke Press books 1968

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 each, (see A. Waldman, ON THE WING and L. Warsh, HIGHJACKING).

box 1, folder 43, oversize AB004D

C MAGAZINE COVER #3 1963

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Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 14.

box 1, folder 44, oversize AB004D

C MAGAZINE COVER #13 1966

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Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 14.

box 1, folder 45, oversize AB004D

WILD FLOWERS 1970

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Oil on masonite, 16 1/8 x 12 1/4.

box 1, folder 46, oversize AB005C

IF NANCY WAS A PAINTING, BY DEKOONING 1975

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Colored pencil, 9 5/8 x 7 3/4.

box 1, folder 47, oversize AB004E

TENNIS SHOES

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Gouache, 13 1/2 x 11, ca. 1973, unsigned.

box 1, folder 48, oversize AB004E

IF NANCY WAS AN ACID FREAK 1975

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Ink and collage, 7 3/4 x 6.

box 1, folder 49, oversize AB004E

I'VE GOT TO FIND MY OTHER SELF... 1965

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(Ron Padgett) collage, 3 7/8 x 2 1/4.

box 1, folder 50, oversize MC13702

UNTITLED

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(Tom Clark) oil on canvas, 27 x 46 1/2.

box 1, folder 51, oversize AB004F

PANSIES 1975

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(Three of four rejected drawings for PARIS REVIEW, no. 61; for the fourth see 1.114) ink on paper, 7 1/4 x 5, 6 3/4 x 5 1/2, 5 1/2 x 5, all unsigned).

box 1, folder 52, oversize AB004F

SEAWEED 1970

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Collage, 13 1/2 x 11.

box 1, folder 53, oversize AB005A

DANCING TULIPS 1978

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Collage and gouache, 13 3/4 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 54, oversize AB005A

GOLDFISH 1977

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Collage, 10 3/4 x 10 1/4.

box 1, folder 55, oversize AB005A

UNTITLED

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Collage, 3 3/4 x 3 1/2, ca. 1975.

box 1, folder 56, oversize AB005A

IF NANCY WAS BLACK 1973

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Collage and colored pencil on postcard, 6 x 3 1/2.

box 1, folder 57, oversize AB005B

THE WAVEY DRESS; THE RARE TREE WALKED UP THE HILL; THE INTU

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[title continues] THE DOG BEING ATTACKED, (Wayne Padgett) ink on paper 3 3/16 x 4 1/2 (Intu), 11 x 8 1/2 (other three), ca. 1974, unsigned.

box 1, folder 58, oversize MC06503

SKETCH OF ROBERT BUTTS 1977

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Graphite on paper, 23 3/4 x 18, unsigned.

box 1, folder 59, oversize MC07101

BIRTHDAY CARD FOR TED BERRIGAN

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Watercolor, ink, and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 7/16, ca. 1964.

box 1, folder 60, oversize MC06506

PANSY 1971

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Serigraph, 25 1/2 x 25 1/2.

box 1, folder 61, oversize MC06504

MEDICINE SHOW 1977

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Serigraph, 27 x 19 3/4.

box 1, folder 62, oversize MC06501

NAOMI 1972

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(Alex Katz) etching with aquatint, 49/50, 5 1/8 x 8 3/4.

box 1, folder 63, oversize MC13701

SKOWHEGAN BALL POSTER 1969

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(Alex Katz) lithograph, 6/75, 31 x 21 1/2.

box 1, folder 64, oversize AB003D

UNTITLED #5

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(Don West) colored pencil on sculptured paper, 13 x 13 1/8, ca. 1980.

box 1, folder 65, oversize MC06505

Four illustrations from BEST AND COMPANY 1969

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(Mushrooms, Felix the Cat, Glove, and Hurdler) ink on paper, 10 x 7, unsigned.

box 1, folder 66, oversize AB001D

HOMAGE TO MARILYN MONROE 1979

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Collage, 7 x 4 3/4.

box 1, folder 67, oversize MC07101

Illustration for AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK POETS 1969

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 68, oversize MC07101

Illustration for AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK POETS 1969

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/1.

box 1, folder 69, oversize MC07101

Illustration for AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK POETS 1969

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 70, oversize MC06507

Illustrations for WHITE NOISE

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(Collaboration with Anne Waldman) ink on paper, 6 leaves, 12 x 9, ca. 1975.

box 1, folder 71, oversize MC06508

Illustrations for THE GREAT EXPLOSION MYSTERY 1966

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(Collaboration with John Ashbery) ink on paper, six panels, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 72, oversize MC06601

Cover for Ted Berrigan's THE SONNETS 1964

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Gouache, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 73, oversize MC06601

Rejected cover for Ted Berrigan's THE SONNETS 1966

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Collage, 7 1/4 x 4 1/8.

box 1, folder 74, oversize MC06601

SOME TREES 1970

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Gouache of original cover for 1970 reprint of John Ashbery's SOME TREES, 13 1/1 x 10 1/2.

box 1, folder 75, oversize MC06601

C MAGAZINE COVER #10 1966

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Ink wash, 14 1/4 x 8 3/4.

box 1, folder 76, oversize MC06601

IF NANCY WERE A DAVINCI DRAWING 1972

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Ink on off-set of DaVinci sketch, 14 x 10 1/4.

box 1, folder 77, oversize MC06601

SKOWHEGAN BALL COSTUME 1977

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Watercolor and ink, 6 x 4.

box 1, folder 78, oversize MC06601

DECEMBER 21, 1966

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Gouache and ink, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 79, oversize MC06601

MUSHROOM 1972

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Gouache and ink wash, 13 1/2 x 10 9/16.

box 1, folder 80, oversize MC06601

JOSEPH 1966

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Ink on paper, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 81, oversize MC06601

VIEW FROM ARTIST'S LOFT 1972

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Graphite on paper, 14 x 11, unsigned.

box 1, folder 82, oversize MC06601

CHOCOLATE DONUT MONA LISA 1976

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(Includes envelope sent to Robert Butts) ink and collage, 4 x 6, (Joe Brainard postcard), printed signature.

box 1, folder 83, oversize MC06601

TOM CLARK 1971

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Graphite on paper, 14 1/2 x 10 1/2, (signed by Tom Clark).

box 1, folder 84, oversize MC06601

CINZANO ASHTRAY ETCHING 1972

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Etching, 1/15, 18 x 15.

box 1, folder 85, oversize MC06601

CIGARETTE BUTTS ETCHING 1972

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Etching, 6/15, 15 x 12.

box 1, folder 86, oversize MC06601

DEKOONING NANCY ETCHING 1972

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Etching, 6/15, 15 x 12.

box 1, folder 87, oversize MC06601

BLUE PEAR 1979

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Gouache and ink, 9 x 7.

box 1, folder 88, oversize MC06601

SUN AND CLOUDS 1979

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Pencil and collage, 4 1/2 x 3.

box 1, folder 89, oversize MC06601

DOWN THROUGH THE AGES 1963

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(Collaboration with Kenneth Koch) ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2, unsigned by both.

box 1, folder 90, oversize MC06601

CHRISTMAS CARD (CHRISTMAS TREE) 1972

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Ink and colored pencil, 6 7/8 x 4 7/8, (cf. 1.100 & 5.2).

box 1, folder 91, oversize MC06601

DONUT WITH BLOOD 1967

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on board, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 92, oversize MC06601

CEZANNE 1967

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(Collaboration with Ron Padgett) ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 93, oversize MC06602

Flyer for Lorenzo Thomas Poetry Reading 1971

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 1, folder 94, oversize MC06602

Cover for ADVENTURES IN POETRY, NO. 2 1968

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 95, oversize MC06602

Flyer for Anne Waldman and Joe Brainard Poetry Reading 1970

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 1, folder 96, oversize MC06602

Flyer for Ted Berrigan Poetry Reading 1970

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 1, folder 97, oversize MC06602

PERSONAL NANCY LOVE 1963

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, four sheets, 15 3/8 x 11 1/2, (cf. 1.128).

box 1, folder 98, oversize MC06602

Flyer for Michael Brownstein and James Tate Poetry Reading 1971

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 1, folder 99, oversize MC06602

Cover for LANDAU-ALAN SHOW 1969

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Ink on paper, 7 x 9 3/4, (see 8.2 & 8.3).

box 1, folder 100, oversize MC06602

CHRISTMAS CARD (WINDOW) 1973

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Ink, 9 1/8 x 7 5/8, (see 1.90 & 5.12).

box 1, folder 101, oversize MC06602

SWAMP VODKA 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) watercolor, ink, and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 102, oversize MC06602

MILES 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 103, oversize MC06602

AIR BLUE 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 104, oversize MC06602

BLUE MOVIE 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 105, oversize MC06602

IT'S A BLUE WORLD 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 106, oversize MC06602

THERE'S NO NOW 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) watercolor wash and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 107, oversize MC06602

BABE RAINBOW 1975

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned.

box 1, folder 108, oversize MC06602

LONG TIME NO SEE 1975

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned.

box 1, folder 109, oversize MC06602

GRANDMOTHER 1975

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned.

box 1, folder 110, oversize MC06602

AS USUAL 1975

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned.

box 1, folder 111, oversize MC06701

NEXT TO LAST CIGARETTE 1970

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Ink on canvas board and collage, 5 x 4.

box 1, folder 112, oversize MC06701

Rejected drawing for cover of SOME TREES 1970

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 1.74).

box 1, folder 113, oversize MC06701

PANSIES 1975

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(Fourth of four rejected drawings for PARIS REVIEW, no. 61) ink on paper, 5 1/2 x 5, unsigned.

box 1, folder 114, oversize MC06701

TED BERRIGAN 1963

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Ink and photograph, 12 3/4 x 9 5/8, unsigned.

box 1, folder 115, oversize MC06701

BOBBIE CREELEY 1971

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Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 116, oversize MC06701

ALEX KATZ 1972

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Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 117, oversize MC06701

ANNE WALDMAN 1972

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Graphite on paper, 10 5/8 x 13 5/8.

box 1, folder 118, oversize MC06701

DICK GALLUP 1971

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Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 119, oversize MC06701

FOR ROBERT, WITH LOVE 1977

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Collage and gouache, 8 x 10.

box 1, folder 120, oversize MC06701

BLADES OF GRASS

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Watercolor and collage, 9 1/2 x 7, ca. 1972.

box 1, folder 121, oversize MC06701

BROADSHEET 1959

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Text by Ron Padgett, designed by Joe Brainard, 1 leaf.

box 1, folder 122, oversize MC06702

Flyer for Larry Fagin, David Shapiro, and Charles Levendosky Poetry Reading 1971

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 1, folder 123, oversize MC06702

NUDE IN PINK AND GRAY 1970

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Gouache and collage, 3 1/8 x 1 7/8.

box 1, folder 124, oversize MC06702

SAILOR PISSING 1976

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Ink on paper, 2 x 1 1/2.

box 1, folder 125, oversize MC06702

SAILOR'S JUMPER POSTCARD 1976

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Ink and collage, 6 x 4.

box 1, folder 126, oversize MC06702

JOHN HENRY 1971

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Gouache, 4 x 3.

box 1, folder 127, oversize MC06702

FRAGMENTS OF A SELF-PORTRAIT 1969

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(Four of five pieces) colored pencil, 10 x 8.

box 1, folder 128, oversize MC06702

PERSONAL NANCY LOVE 1963

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Two hand-colored sheets of printed comic strip, 14 5/8 x 5 7/16, (cf. 1.97).

box 1, folder 129, oversize MC06702

Illustration for RECENT VISITORS 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 1 leaf, 12 x 9.

box 1, folder 130, oversize MC06702

MICHAEL BROWNSTEIN 1971

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Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8.

box 1, folder 131, oversize MC06702

HOCKEY PLAYER, cover for "C" MAGAZINE, #7 1964

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14 x 8 1/2.

box 1, folder 132, oversize MC06702

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE 1967

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Gouache and ink, 13 1/8 x 10.

box 1, folder 133, oversize MC06702

NOW THE PLANET'S FACE HAS STOPPED 1963

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(Collaboration with Dick Gallup) ink and watercolor, 13 1/8 x 10 1/8, signed only by Dick Gallup.

box 1, folder 134, oversize MC06801

Original Artwork for PAT 1966

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(Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 7 matted panels, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 135, oversize MC06802

Original Artwork for THE EARTH MACHINE 1966

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(Collaboration with Kenneth Koch) ink on paper, 9 matted panels, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 136, oversize MC06901

Original Artwork for BETTY SUE'S BIPLANE 1966

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(Collaboration with Dick Gallup) ink on paper, 5 matted panels, 13 x 10.

box 1, folder 137, oversize MC06902

Original Artwork for I LOVE YOU DEKOONING

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 11 matted panels, 13 x 10, ca. 1969.

box 1, folder 138, oversize MC07001

Illustrations for MECHANICAL RIDE 1972

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(Collaboration with Kenward Elmslie) ink on paper, 11 panels, 11 x 8 1/2 (title and publisher's pages), 12 x 9.

box 1, folder 139, oversize MC07002

Original Artwork for FOREHEADS 1966

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(Collaboration with Barbara Guest) ink on paper, 6 matted panels, 13 x 10.

box 2, folder 1

CHINESE VASE POSTCARD 1972

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Ink, 6 x4. Also includes PUSSYCAT PLAYING CARD. Collage and gouache, 5 1/2 x 4.

box 2, folder 2

SOME BLUE GAY PORN 1975

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Construction (four collages and one ink drawing on 4 1/2 x 3 paper stuffed in envelope with blue ink lettering and wash on front and blue-checked contact paper on back; placed in blue-bordered handkerchief; placed in blue-jean pocket mounted on plywood), 10 x 7 3/4 oval.

box 2, folder 3

NANCY

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Ink on board, 10 x 7 1/2, ca. 1969, unsigned.

box 2, folder 4

ANNIVERSARY CARD TO TED AND SANDY BERRIGAN 1966

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Collage on contact paper, 3 3/8 x 10.

box 2, folder 5

SCRAP BOOK 1977

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Ink drawing and collage, 16 pages enclosed in paper folder titled and signed which is enclosed in a gas mask canvas envelope, 4 1/8 x 5 1/4.

box 2, folder 6, oversize FB18701

I LOVE YOU MARILYN MONROE 1962

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Collage, 10 1/2 x 17, signed.

box 2, folder 7

HAND AND FLOWER 1967

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(Marisol) rubber- stamp print, 9 1/2 x 6 7/16.

box 2, folder 8

UNTITLED 1975

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(C. Marvin) oil on postcard, 2 x 1 1/2.

box 2, folder 9

HEALTHIES

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(Artist unknown) ink on paper, comic strip, (8 panels), 14 x 8 1/2, (no date).

box 2, folder 10

UNTITLED 1975

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(Ron Padgett) watercolor, 6 x 7 3/4.

box 2, folder 11

GLUB 1965

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(Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 9 1/4 x 7 3/8, signed by Berrigan, sticker attributing to JB.

box 2, folder 12, oversize FB18702

TEAR FELL

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(Brigid Polk) watercolor on poster board, 13 5/16 x 10 5/8, (no date).

box 2, folder 13

C COMICS, NO. 2 1966

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("People of the World: Relax" has been excerpted and framed; "Hard Times," a collaboration with Frank O'Hara, and two advertisements are missing) ink drawings, 58 leaves, 13 x 10.

box 2, folder 14

Rejected cover for ADVENTURES IN POETRY, NO. 2 1968

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Ink on paper, 10 7/8 x 8 3/8, (cf. 1.94).

box 2, folder 15

Rejected drawing for cover of BRAIN DAMAGE 1970

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Collage, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 2, folder 16

Flyer for Ted Berrigan and Jim Dine Poetry Reading 1970

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 2, folder 17

Flyer for Clark Coolidge and Larry Fagin Poetry Reading 1971

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Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14).

box 2, folder 18

13 rejected drawings for BEAN SPASMS for Ted by Joe 1967

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(11 of 13 in folder signed by Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 10 1/16 x 7 5/8.

box 2, folder 19

SKETCH FOR AN ASSEMBLAGE 1962

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Pentel on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, unsigned.

box 2, folder 20

Advertisement for "C COMICS," #1 1963

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Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 2, folder 21

PARIS REVIEW t-shirt ad (NANCY LEANING AGAINST TREE) 1972

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(Published in issues 54, 55, and 56) ink on paper, 10 x 7 1/4.

box 2, folder 22

LARRY FAGIN

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Ink on paper, 8 x 6 1/2, ca. 1966.

box 2, folder 23

Illustration for RECENT VISITORS 1971

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(Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 9 leaves, 12 x 9.

box 3, folder 1

Illustrations for SHINY RIDE 1972

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(Collaboration with Kenward Elmslie) ink on paper, 11 leaves, 11 x 8 1/2 (title and publisher's page), 12 x 9.

box 3, folder 2

NANCY STAMPS 1977

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(Block of 6) pentel on postage stamps, 3 x 3 1/8, unsigned.

box 3, folder 3

PANSY CUT-OUT

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Cut-out, 1 1/2 x 1, ca. 1972, unsigned.

box 3, folder 4

WEST HAMPTON BEACH COLLAGE 1969

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Collage, 2 x 2, signed and titled on separate sheet.

box 3, folder 5

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1975

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Collage, 6 3/8 x 4 3/16.

box 3, folder 6

SOUP 1963

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Ink and collage, 4 3/4 x 80 3/4.

box 3, folder 7

TV SET KEY-RING 1977

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Collage, 5 1/8 x 1 7/8, unsigned.

box 3, folder 8

TAREYTON CIGARETTES BY LARRY RIVERS 1972

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Collage, and pen and ink, 3 5/8 x 2 1/2.

box 3, folder 9

STILL-LIFE WITH TV 1976

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Collage and colored pencil, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 10

SMOKING CIGARETTE MATCHBOOK 1977

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Gouache and collage, 3 3/4 x 1 1/2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 11

PARISIAN 1977

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Gouache and collage, 3 x 2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 12

ALL-AMERICAN NIGHT 1976

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Collage, 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in plastic box, unsigned.

box 3, folder 13

FLOWERS MATCHBOOK 1977

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Collage and pentel, 3 5/8 x 1 1/2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 14

EGYPTIAN NIGHT MATCHBOOK 1977

Note

Collage, 3 3/4 x 2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 15

COMET 1977

Note

Gouache and collage, 2 3/4 x 1 7/8, unsigned.

box 3, folder 16

AUTUMN TREE MATCHBOOK 1977

Note

Gouache and watercolor, 3 3/4 x 1 1/2, unsigned.

box 3, folder 17

MUY MALO 1976

Note

Ink on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2.

box 3, folder 18

JENNY JUMP 1966

Note

(Illustration for a children's book Brainard and Ron Padgett planned to do) sepia ink, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8.

box 3, folder 19

Original artwork for TWENTY-FOUR PICTURES AND SOME WORDS 1979

Note

21 of original ink and collage illustrations with title page, 5 5/16 x 4 1/8.

box 3, folder 20

AMAZING BUT TRUE 1972

Note

Eight ink drawings appeared in PARIS REVIEW, no. 53, 11 x 7.

box 3, folder 21

Seven rejected drawings for Dick Gallup's BINGO 1966

Note

(Only five are contained in folder) all pen and ink, 8 x 6 1/2).

box 3, folder 22

Rejected cover for COLUMBIA REVIEW (FALL 1963) 1963

Note

Ink and rubber stamp, 9 1/8 x 6 1/8.

box 3, folder 23

Rejected cover for Kenward Elmslie's BARBIE AND KEN 1963

Note

Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 1

Rejected cover for Ted Berrigan's FROM LIVING WITH CHRIS 1963

Note

Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 2

Rejected cover for Tom Veitch's THE LOUIS ARMED STORY 1963

Note

Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 3

Rejected cover for William Burroughs' ST. LOUIS RETURN 1963

Note

Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 4

ONE LOVE BOOK FOR TED AND SANDY BY JOE 1963

Note

Multi-media, 24 leaves, 10 x 8 1/4.

box 4, folder 5

Illustrations for LIVING WITH CHRIS

Note

Ink on paper, 20 leaves, 11 1/8 x 8 1/2, ca. 1968.

box 4, folder 6

Five covers for one issue of "C" MAGAZINE, #7 1964

Note

Multi-media, #1--Star Spangled Stories, #2--Control, #3--Fetus, #4--Hairy, #5--Child and hand, 14 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 7, oversize FB18703

Cover for "C" MAGAZINE, #5 1963

Note

Ink, 15 x 9 1/2.

box 4, folder 8, oversize FB18704

CHRISTMAS BOOK FOR TED BY JOE 1966

Note

Multi-media, 11 leaves, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4.

box 4, folder 9

RAMESES II 1971

Note

Collage, 2 7/8 x 2 3/8.

box 4, folder 10

Illustrations for LIVING WITH CHRIS

Note

(Camera-ready art-work) ink on graph paper, 6 leaves, 11 x 8 1/2, ca. 1967.

box 4, folder 11

Illustrations and text for THE DRUNKEN BOAT 1971

Note

(Text by Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2.

box 4, folder 12

JOE BRAINARD WITH COKE BOTTLE 1964

Note

Black and white photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2.

box 4, folder 13

JOE BRAINARD WITH CIGARETTE 1972

Note

Black and white photograph, 5 x 4.

box 4, folder 14

JOE BRAINARD REMEMBERING

Note

Black and white photograph, 9 3/4 x 8, ca. 1977.

box 4, folder 15

JAMES SCHUYLER

Note

Black and white photograph, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2, ca. 1969.

box 4, folder 16

Nude Torso of Joe Brainard (reputed?) 1972

Note

(Artist: John Button) graphite and watercolor on paper, pasted on board, 4 1/4 x 11.

box 4, folder 17, oversize FB18705

Photo offsets for covers and flyers

Note

4 leaves, ca. 1964-1969.

box 4, folder 18, oversize FB18706

GRASS HARP 1967

Note

(Painted Smiles Records).

box 4, folder 19

Exhibition etchings and lithographs 1973

Note

By Whistler (includes ink drawing by Bill Berkson inside from cover; signed by Berkson and addressed to Anjelica Clarke, 1974).

box 4, folder 20

Five inch audio tape of Joe Brainard reading ALICE and of Kenward Elmslie

Note

[title continues] reading THE CHAMP. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968.

box 5, folder 1

EX-LAX V. FEENAMINT VS. EX-LAX VS. FEEN 1963

Note

(Collaboration with T. Berrigan, Dick Gallup, and Ron Padgett) multi-media notebook, 53 leaves, 10 3/8 x 7 7/8.

box 5, folder 2

INSIDE GORDON'S HOUSE 1971

Note

Nine ink drawings in spiral notebook, 11 x 8 1/2, unsigned.

box 5, folder 3

VERMONT 1977

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62 pen and ink drawings in notebook, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4.

box 5, folder 4

MY FAVORITE QUOTATIONS 1971

Note

48 leaves.

box 5, folder 5

WE STILL DON'T KNOW 1975

Note

12 leaves.

box 5, folder 6

8 MINI-ESSAYS 1975

Note

9 leaves.

box 5, folder 7

SOME VERMONT NATURE NOTES 1970

Note

7 leaves.

box 5, folder 8

ARTIST'S POSTCARDS 1977

Note

(Joe Brainard is # 77-78E 3-4) 39 leaves in card board envelope with CHRISTOPHER STREET review.

box 5, folder 9

POSTCARDS BY JOE BRAINARD 1976

Note

4 images, 6 leaves.

box 5, folder 10

POSTCARD BY JOE BRAINARD FOR ST. MARK'S POETRY PROJECT

Note

1 leaf, (no date).

box 5, folder 11

TWELVE POSTCARDS BY JOE BRAINARD 1975

Note

3 sets, 12 leaves in group envelope.

box 5, folder 12

TWO CHRISTMAS CARDS

Note

2 leaves, (see 1.90 and 1.100), 1968 and 1973.

box 5, folder 13

Poster and Program notes for NEW DANCE WORKS 1977

Note

(included was a dance based on JB's I REMEMBER) 2 leaves.

box 5, folder 14

Various Flyers for poetry readings designed by JB

Note

36 leaves, most done in 1970s.

box 5, folder 15

Bibliographic descriptions of poetry flyers above, done by Robert Butts

Note

33 leaves, ca. 1983.

box 5, folder 16

Poster of memorial reading for Ted Berrigan, designed by JB 1983

Note

1 leaf.

box 5, folder 17

Cover for THE GRASS HARP LP

Note

(Painted Smiles Records) 2 leaves, ca. 1967.

box 5, folder 18

Book marker designed by JB 1977

Note

(Signed to Robert Butts) 1 leaf.

box 5, folder 19

Envelope only for "10 Original Joe Brainard Brown Postcards 1975

Note

For Robert with love / From Joe.

box 5, folder 20, oversize FB18601

Twenty-five print plates for TWENTY-FOUR PICTURES AND SOME WORDS

MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts by Joe Brainard

box 6, folder 1

I REMEMBER 1968

Note

90 leaves, manuscript.

box 6, folder 2

I REMEMBER #2 1968

Note

83 leaves (includes packing envelope on which is written " 'I REMEMBER' No. 2 (First Version Hand-written)". Manuscript.

box 6, folder 3

Original notes for I REMEMBER MORE 1971

Note

34 leaves (include packing envelope on which is written "Original Notes for 'I Remember More' Additions"). Manuscript.

box 6, folder 4

Original notes for I REMEMBER MORE 1971

Note

44 leaves, (a bound composition book titled "I Remember", vol. 3.). Manuscript.

box 6, folder 5

I REMEMBER MORE 1971

Note

84 leaves, (includes packing envelope on which is written "I Remember More" Manuscript) (Plus late minute additions). Typescript, 1-39; Xerox, 38-49; Typescript, 54; Carbon, 55-62; Manuscript, 63-84.

box 6, folder 6

MORE I REMEMBER MORE 1973

Note

82 leaves, manuscript.

box 6, folder 7

MORE I REMEMBER MORE 1973

Note

81 leaves, (includes packing envelope on which is written "More I. R. M. Final Manuscript [Before Being Typed] "). Manuscript: 1-2, 8, 17-21, 26-33, 38-41, 49-53, 55-58, 64-67, 72, 75-79. Typescript: 3-7, 9-16, 22-25, 34-37, 42-48, 54, 59-63, 68-71, 73-74, 80-81.

box 6, folder 8

MORE I REMEMBER MORE 1973

Note

44 leaves, (first carbon copy of typescript), typescript.

box 6, folder 9

LAST I REMEMBER

Note

85 leaves, (includes packing envelope on which is written "The Last I Remember [First Version Plus Un-used Notes]"). Manuscript.

box 6, folder 10

CALIFORNIA, 1971

Note

85 leaves. Manuscript.

box 6, folder 11

BOLINAS JOURNAL 1971

Note

67 leaves. Manuscript.

box 6, folder 12

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT 1978

Note

17 leaves. Manuscript.

box 6, folder 13

OUT IN THE HAMPTONS 1978

Note

28 leaves. Manuscript, with letter to Robert Butts.

box 6, folder 14

Outer Banks 1978

Note

4 leaves. Typescript, 1-3, Manuscript, 4.

Manuscripts by Other Authors

box 7, folder 1

Ted Berrigan, "Introduction" to Show 1965

Note

2 leaves. Typescript with corrections.

box 7, folder 2

Ted Berrigan, "About my Work"

Note

(Includes references to Joe Brainard and annotated by TB), 4 leaves, ca. 1963. Typescript.

box 7, folder 3

Tom Clark, "Gang of 8" 1981

Note

3 leaves, with 24 unmounted slides of the 8 book illustrations. Also includes 1 TLs, 1 ALs, and 4 APCs. Typescript.

box 7, folder 4

Tom Clark, "Brainards" and "To Destiny"

Note

1 leaf, ca. 1968. ("Brainards" is a manuscript, "To Destiny" is a typescript and collaboration with Lewis MacAdams).

box 7, folder 5

Philip Gambone, THE ORDINARY WORLD OF JOE BRAINARD 1977

Note

50 leaves with 1 page cover letter addressed to Robert Butts. Typescript copy, 1-26; Manuscript notes, 27-50.

box 7, folder 6

Rudy Kikel, EVERYBODY'S JOE BRAINARD AND MINE

Note

7 leaves, ca. 1982. Typescript.

box 7, folder 7

Rudy Kikel, SELFISH DESIRES 1982

Note

71 leaves with 3 page cover letter addressed to Robert Butts, (Published in 1985). Typescript copy.

CORRESPONDENCE

box 7, folder 8

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1974

Note

6 ALs (16 leaves).

box 7, folder 9

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1975

Note

13 ALs, 2 E (44 leaves).

box 7, folder 10

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1976

Note

5 ALs, 1 APCs (21 leaves).

box 7, folder 11

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1977

Note

10 ALs (30 leaves).

box 7, folder 12

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1978

Note

14 ALs, 1 APCs (45 leaves).

box 7, folder 13

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1979

Note

10 ALs, 1 APCs (45 leaves).

box 7, folder 14

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts 1980

Note

7 ALs, 4 E (22 leaves).

box 7, folder 15

Brainard, Joe to Helen Butts 1976

Note

4 ALs, 13 E (24 leaves).

box 7, folder 16

Brainard, Joe to Helen Butts 1978

Note

4 ALs, 16 E (27 leaves).

box 7, folder 17

Brainard, Joe to John Martin

Note

2 APCs, 3 E (6 leaves).

box 7, folder 18

Fagin, Larry to Robert Butts

Note

1 ALs, 2 TLs, Tsc of JB's, 3 E (12 leaves).

box 7, folder 19

Giorno, John

Note

1 TLs, 1 E (2 leaves).

box 7, folder 20

Miles, Robert and Elaine

Note

2 ALs, 3 TLs (10 leaves).

box 7, folder 21

Miller, High to Robert Butts

Note

20 TLs, 1 TPCs (37 leaves).

box 7, folder 22

Padgett, Ron to Robert Butts

Note

3 TLs, 3 APcs, 1 TSc of interview between RP and J. Brainard (11 leaves).

box 7, folder 23

Rorem, Ned to Joe Brainard

Note

1 APCs (1 leaf).

box 7, folder 24

Thomson, Virgil

Note

1 TLs, 1 TPCs (2 leaves).

box 7, folder 25

Waldman, Frances

Note

1 TLs, 1 TPCs (2 leaves).

box 7, folder 26

Winkfield, Trevor

Note

1 TLs, 2 E (3 leaves).

CATALOGS

box 8, folder 1

Materials related to Long Beach exhibit of Joe Brainard (1980) work

Note

Includes exhibit catalogs, announcements, and one review.

box 8, folder 2

Reviews and exhibit catalogs of Joe Brainard's work

box 8, folder 3

Reviews and exhibit catalogs of Joe Brainard's work

box 8, folder 4

Exhibit catalogs of Alex Katz's work

box 8, folder 5

Exhibit catalogs of Alex Katz's work.

box 8, folder 6

Reviews of Alex Katz's work

box 8, folder 7

Reviews of Alex Katz's work

box 8, folder 8

Reviews of Alex Katz's work

box 8, folder 9

Ephemera received from Joe Brainard

CHECKLISTS

box 9, folder 1

Bibliography of Joe Brainard

Note

Mss. by Robert Butts, (no date).

box 9, folder 2

Bibliography of Joe Brainard

Note

Mss. by Robert Butts, (no date).

box 9, folder 3

List of Writings and Illustrations by Joe

Note

(Xeroxed from Joe's original notebooks). Mss. by Robert Butts, (no date).

box 9, folder 4

Catalog of Joe Brainard Materials by Robert Butts

box 9, folder 5

Catalog of Joe Brainard Materials by Robert Butts

Accessions Processed in 1991

CORRESPONDENCE

box 9, folder 6

Berkson, Bill 1986 - 1987

box 9, folder 7

Brainard, Joe 1986 - 1987

box 9, folder 8

Greenwald, Ted 1986 - 1987

box 9, folder 9

Rodefer, Stephen 1987

ARTWORK

box 9, folder 10, oversize FB18707

BABY BOOK by Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard

box 9, folder 11, oversize FB18708

LIFE BEGINS AT ZERO by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

box 9, folder 12, oversize FB18709

MY DREAM OF LIFE by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

box 9, folder 13

Original art for poetry readings and flyers

box 9, folder 14

Serenade, by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

Note

Includes text and watercolors.

MANUSCRIPTS

box 9, folder 15

Cnidus, August 4th by Bill Berkson

Note

Photocopies of proofs.

PHOTOGRAPHS

box 9, folder 16, oversize AB009B

Portraits of Joe Brainard by Elizabeth Hathon 1985

Note

Contact sheets and framed print.

box 9, folder 17

Portrait of Joe Brainard by Duncan Hannah

Note

Spring 1992.

box 9, folder 18

Gang of Eight

Note

2 1/4 color transparencies [located in the Archives Negative File].

Accession Processed in 1993

CORRESPONDENCE

box 9, folder 19

Joe Brainard to Robert Butts 1987 - 1992

Note

7 APCs, 9 ALSs, encs. (20 leaves).

ARTWORK

box 9, folder 20, oversize MC06502

Tom Royal from Andy Warhol

Note

Print, 20.25 x 16 inches.

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