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Accession Processed in 1987

 

ARTWORK

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) ARTWORK: This series comprises approximately 130 pieces of Brainard's graphic art. Reflecting the many styles, dimensions, and media with which Brainard experimented during his career, these works include collages (including many of the miniatures Brainard constructed for a show of his in work in 1975), oil and watercolor abstractions, graphite portraits of several well-known writers, original cover art for books by Ted Berrigan and John Ashbery, and the original art work for numerous "comic strips" done in collaboration with various writers.
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If - Ink and gouache, three panels, 10 x 7 images, all unsigned ca. 1975

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Ultra-New Realism - Self-portrait, graphite on paper and collage, 13 x 10 1/2 1972

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Untitled - Graphite on paper and collage, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1972

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Moon and Reflection - Collage, 8 x 6 1/8, unsigned 1978

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Tulips and Daffodils - Watercolor, 14 x 11 1967

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Human Pear - Collage, 6 x 4 1977

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Cherry - Oil on canvas, unmounted, 3 5/8 x 6 1/8 1973

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Letters - Watercolor, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2, unsigned 1978

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Post-Card Landscape - Collage, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 1979

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Carte Postal - Collage, 7 5/8 x 5 5/16 1978

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People of the World: Relax - Ink on paper, 8 panels, (see 1.134) 1966

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Butterfly Madonna - Collage, 14 x 11 1966

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Hampton Beach Construction #1 - Construction, 24 x 1 1/2 1970

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Hampton Beach Construction #2 - Construction, 23 1/2 x 5 1970

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Self-Portrait - (With poem by Ted Berrigan) collage, 24 3/4 x 11 1/2 1963

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Fleishmann's - (Collaboration with Frank O'Hara) collage, 13 3/4 x 10 3/4, signed by O'Hara and Brainard 1965

 

Cigarette Butts by Joe Brainard - Oil on canvas board, all 12 x 9, unsigned (6th painting in Ron Padgett collection) 1974

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Cigarette Butts - 1 of 5 from set of 6

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Cigarette Butts - 2 of 5 from set of 6

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Cigarette Butts - 3 of 5 from set of 6

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Cigarette Butts - 4 of 5 from set of 6

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Cigarette Butts - 5 of 5 from set of 6

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Night-View from the Artist's Loft - Oil on canvas, 16 x 12, unsigned, (see 1.81) 1971

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Day-View from the Artist's Loft - Oil on canvas, 16 x 12, unsigned, (see 1.81) 1971

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Poet's Corner: Calais, VT - Gouache on paper, 6 x 7 1/2 1973

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Blueday Feather - Watercolor collage, 22 x 19 1971

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J. J. Mitchell - Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1972

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Ada Katz - Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1972

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Larry Fagin - Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/2 1971

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Bill Elliot - Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1972

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Ron Padgett - Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 1971

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Bill Berkson - Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1971

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James Schuyler - Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 1971

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Ted Berrigan - Graphite on paper, 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 1971

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Covers for two Boke Press books - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 each 1968

General note

(See A. Waldman, On the Wing and L. Warsh, Highjacking).
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C Magazine Cover #3 - Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 14 1963

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C Magazine Cover #13 - Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 14 1966

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Wild Flowers - Oil on masonite, 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 1970

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If Nancy Was a Painting by de Kooning - Colored pencil, 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 1975

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

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If Nancy Was an Acid Freak - Ink and collage, 7 3/4 x 6 1975

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I've Got to Find My Other Self... - (Ron Padgett) collage, 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 1968

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

 

Pansies - (Three of four rejected drawings for Paris Review, no. 61) ink on paper, all unsigned 1975

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Pansies - 7 1/4 x 5

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Pansies - 6 3/4 x 5 1/2

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Pansies - 5 1/2 x 5

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Pansies - 5 1/2 x 5

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Seaweed - Collage, 13 1/2 x 11 1970

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Dancing Tulips - Collage and gouache, 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 1978

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Goldfish - Collage, 10 3/4 x 10 1/4 1977

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

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If Nancy Was Black - Collage and colored pencil on postcard, 6 x 3 1/2 1973

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The Wavey Dress; The Rare Tree Walked Up the Hill; The Intu; The Dog Being Attacked - (Wayne Padgett) ink on paper 3 3/16 x 4 1/2 (Intu), 11 x 8 1/2 (other three), unsigned ca. 1974

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Sketch of Robert Butts - Graphite on paper, 23 3/4 x 18, unsigned 1977

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Birthday Card for Ted Berrigan - Watercolor, ink, and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 7/16 ca. 1964

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Pansy - Serigraph, 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 1971

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Medicine Show - Serigraph, 27 x 19 3/4 1977

 

Untitled #5 - (Don West) colored pencil on sculptured paper, 13 x 13 1/8 ca. 1980

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Four illustrations from Best and Company - (Mushrooms, Felix the Cat, Glove, and Hurdler) ink on paper, 10 x 7, unsigned 1969

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Homage to Marilyn Monroe - Collage, 7 x 4 3/4 1979

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Illustration for An Anthology of New York Poets - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 1969

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Illustrations for White Noise - (Collaboration with Anne Waldman) ink on paper, 6 leaves, 12 x 9 ca. 1975

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Illustrations for The Great Explosion Mystery - (Collaboration with John Ashbery) ink on paper, six panels, 13 x 10 1966

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Cover for Ted Berrigan's The Sonnets - Gouache, 13 x 10 1964

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Rejected cover for Ted Berrigan's The Sonnets - Collage, 7 1/4 x 4 1/8 1966

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Some Trees - Gouache of original cover for 1970 reprint of John Ashbery's Some Trees, 13 1/1 x 10 1/2 1970

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C Magazine Cover #10 - Ink wash, 14 1/4 x 8 3/4 1966

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If Nancy Were a da Vinci Drawing - Ink on off-set of da Vinci sketch, 14 x 10 1/4 1972

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Skowhegan Ball Costume - Watercolor and ink, 6 x 4 1977

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December 21, 1966 - Gouache and ink, 13 x 10

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Mushroom - Gouache and ink wash, 13 1/2 x 10 9/16 1972

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Joseph - Ink on paper, 13 x 10 1966

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View from Artist's Loft - Graphite on paper, 14 x 11, unsigned 1972

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Chocolate Donut Mona Lisa - (Includes envelope sent to Robert Butts) ink and collage, 4 x 6, (Joe Brainard postcard), printed signature 1976

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Tom Clark - Graphite on paper, 14 1/2 x 10 1/2, (signed by Tom Clark) 1971

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Cinzano Ashtray Etching - Etching, 1/15, 18 x 15 1972

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Cigarette Butts Etching - Etching, 6/15, 15 x 12 1972

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de Kooning Nancy Etching - Etching, 6/15, 15 x 12 1972

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Blue Pear - Gouache and ink, 9 x 7 1979

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Sun and Clouds - Pencil and collage, 4 1/2 x 3 1979

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Down Through the Ages - (Collaboration with Kenneth Koch) ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2, unsigned by both 1963

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Christmas Card (Christmas Tree) - Ink and colored pencil, 6 7/8 x 4 7/8, (cf. 1.100 & 5.2) 1972

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Donut with Blood - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on board, 14 x 8 1/2 1967

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Cezanne - (Collaboration with Ron Padgett) ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 1967

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Flyer for Lorenzo Thomas poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1971

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Cover for Adventures in Poetry, No. 2 - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 1968

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Flyer for Anne Waldman and Joe Brainard poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1970

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Flyer for Ted Berrigan poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1970

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Personal Nancy Love - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, four sheets, 15 3/8 x 11 1/2, (cf. 1.128) 1963

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Flyer for Michael Brownstein and James Tate poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1971

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Cover for Landau-Alan Show - Ink on paper, 7 x 9 3/4, (see 8.2 & 8.3) 1969

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Christmas Card (Window) - Ink, 9 1/8 x 7 5/8, (see 1.90 & 5.12) 1973

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Swamp Vodka - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) watercolor, ink, and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Miles - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Air Blue - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Blue Movie - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) gouache and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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It's a Blue World - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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There's No Now - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) watercolor wash and collage, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Babe Rainbow - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned 1975

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Long Time No See - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned 1975

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Grandmother - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned 1975

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As Usual - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink and collage, 14 x 11, unsigned 1975

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Next to Last Cigarette - Ink on canvas board and collage, 5 x 4 1970

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Rejected drawing for cover of Some Trees - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 1.74) 1970

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Ted Berrigan - Ink and photograph, 12 3/4 x 9 5/8, unsigned 1963

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Bobbie Creeley - Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Alex Katz - Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1972

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Anne Waldman - Graphite on paper, 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 1972

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Dick Gallup - Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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For Robert, with Love - Collage and gouache, 8 x 10 1977

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Blades of Grass - Watercolor and collage, 9 1/2 x 7 ca. 1972

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Broadsheet - Text by Ron Padgett, designed by Joe Brainard, 1 leaf 1959

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Flyer for Larry Fagin, David Shapiro, and Charles Levendosky poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1971

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Nude in Pink and Gray - Gouache and collage, 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 1970

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Sailor Pissing - Ink on paper, 2 x 1 1/2 / Sailor's Jumper postcard - Ink and collage, 6 x 4 / John Henry - Gouache, 4 x 3 1971, 1976

General

Mounted together on one mat.
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Fragments of a Self-Portrait - (Four of five pieces) colored pencil, 10 x 8 1969

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Personal Nancy Love - Two hand-colored sheets of printed comic strip, 14 5/8 x 5 7/16, (cf. 1.97) 1963

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Illustration for Recent Visitors - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 1 leaf, 12 x 9 1971

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Michael Brownstein - Graphite on paper, 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 1971

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Hockey Player cover for C Magazine, #7, - 14 x 8 1/2 1964

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Guillaume Apollinaire - Gouache and ink, 13 1/8 x 10 1967

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Now the Planet's Face Has Stopped - (Collaboration with Dick Gallup) ink and watercolor, 13 1/8 x 10 1/8, signed only by Dick Gallup 1963

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Original artwork for Pat - (Collaboration with Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 7 matted panels, 13 x 10 1966

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Original artwork for The Earth Machine - (Collaboration with Kenneth Koch) ink on paper, 9 matted panels, 13 x 10 1966

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Original artwork for Betty Sue's Biplane - (Collaboration with Dick Gallup) ink on paper, 5 matted panels, 13 x 10 1966

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Original artwork for I Love You deKooning - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 11 matted panels, 13 x 10 ca. 1969

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Illustrations for Mechanical Ride - (Collaboration with Kenward Elmslie) ink on paper, 11 panels, 11 x 8 1/2 (title and publisher's pages), 12 x 9 1972

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Original Artwork for Foreheads - (Collaboration with Barbara Guest) ink on paper, 6 matted panels, 13 x 10 1966

Box 1, Folder 1

Chinese Vase Postcard - Ink, 6 x 4 1972

General note

Also includes Pussycat Playing Card - Collage and gouache, 5 1/2 x 4
Box 1, Folder 2

Some Blue Gay Porn - Construction, 10 x 7 3/4 oval 1975

General note

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

Box 1, Folder 4

Anniversary Card to Ted and Sandy Berrigan - Collage on contact paper, 3 3/8 x 10 1966

Box 1, Folder 5

Scrap Book - 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 1977

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I Love You Marilyn Monroe - Collage, 10 1/2 x 17, signed 1962

Box 1, Folder 6

Hand and Flower - (Marisol) rubber- stamp print, 9 1/2 x 6 7/16 1967

Box 1, Folder 7

Untitled - (C. Marvin) oil on postcard, 2 x 1 1/2 1975

Box 1, Folder 8

Healthies - (Artist unknown) ink on paper, comic strip, (8 panels), 14 x 8 1/2 undated

Box 1, Folder 9

Untitled - (Ron Padgett) watercolor, 6 x 7 3/4 1975

Box 1, Folder 10

Glub - (Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 9 1/4 x 7 3/8, signed by Berrigan, sticker attributing to JB 1965

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A Tear Fell - (Brigid Polk) watercolor on poster board, 13 5/16 x 10 5/8 undated

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C Comics, No. 2 - ("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 1966

Box 1, Folder 11

Rejected cover for Adventures in Poetry, No. 2 - Ink on paper, 10 7/8 x 8 3/8, (cf. 1.94) 1968

Box 1, Folder 12

Rejected drawing for cover of Brain Damage - Collage, 11 x 8 1/2 1970

Box 1, Folder 13

Flyer for Ted Berrigan and Jim Dine poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1970

Box 1, Folder 14

Flyer for Clark Coolidge and Larry Fagin poetry reading - Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, (see 5.14) 1971

Box 1, Folder 15

13 rejected drawings for Bean Spasms for Ted by Joe - (11 of 13 in folder signed by Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 10 1/16 x 7 5/8 1967

Box 1, Folder 16

Sketch for an Assemblage - Pentel on paper, 11 x 8 1/2, unsigned 1962

Box 1, Folder 17

Advertisement for C Comics, #1 - Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 1963

Box 1, Folder 18

Paris Review t-shirt ad ( Nancy Leaning Against Tree) - (Published in issues 54, 55, and 56) ink on paper, 10 x 7 1/4 1972

Box 1, Folder 19

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

Box 1, Folder 20

Illustration for Recent Visitors - (Collaboration with Bill Berkson) ink on paper, 9 leaves, 12 x 9 1971

Box 1, Folder 21

Illustrations for Shiny Ride - (Collaboration with Kenward Elmslie) ink on paper, 11 leaves, 11 x 8 1/2 (title and publisher's page), 12 x 9 1972

Box 1, Folder 22

Nancy Stamps - (Block of 6) pentel on postage stamps, 3 x 3 1/8, unsigned 1977

Box 1, Folder 23

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

Box 1, Folder 24

West Hampton Beach Collage - Collage, 2 x 2, signed and titled on separate sheet 1969

Box 1, Folder 25

Wednesday, March 18, 1975 - Collage, 6 3/8 x 4 3/16

Box 1, Folder 26

Soup - Ink and collage, 4 3/4 x 80 3/4 1963

Box 2, Folder 1

TV Set Key-Ring - Collage, 5 1/8 x 1 7/8, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 2

Tareyton Cigarettes by Larry Rivers - Collage, and pen and ink, 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 1972

Box 2, Folder 3

Still-Life with TV - Collage and colored pencil, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2, unsigned 1976

Box 2, Folder 4

Smoking Cigarette Matchbook - Gouache and collage, 3 3/4 x 1 1/2, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 5

Parisian - Gouache and collage, 3 x 2, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 6

All-American Night - Collage, 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in plastic box, unsigned 1976

Box 2, Folder 7

Flowers Matchbook - Collage and pentel, 3 5/8 x 1 1/2, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 8

Egyptian Night Matchbook - Collage, 3 3/4 x 2, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 9

Comet - Gouache and collage, 2 3/4 x 1 7/8, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 10

Autumn Tree Matchbook - Gouache and watercolor, 3 3/4 x 1 1/2, unsigned 1977

Box 2, Folder 11

Muy Malo - Ink on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 1976

Box 2, Folder 12

Jenny Jump - (Illustration for a children's book Brainard and Ron Padgett planned to do) sepia ink, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 1966

Box 2, Folder 13

Original artwork for Twenty-Four Pictures and Some Words - 21 of original ink and collage illustrations with title page, 5 5/16 x 4 1/8 1979

Box 2, Folder 14

Amazing but True - Eight ink drawings appeared in Paris Review, no. 53, 11 x 7 1972

Box 2, Folder 15

Seven rejected drawings for Dick Gallup's Bingo - (Only five are contained in folder) all pen and ink, 8 x 6 1/2 1966

Box 2, Folder 16

Rejected cover for Columbia Review (Fall 1963) - Ink and rubber stamp, 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 1963

Box 2, Folder 17

Rejected cover for Kenward Elmslie's Barbie and Ken - Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 1963

Box 2, Folder 18

Rejected cover for Ted Berrigan's From Living with Chris - Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 1963

Box 2, Folder 19

Rejected cover for Tom Veitch's The Louis Armed Story - Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 1963

Box 2, Folder 20

Rejected cover for William Burroughs' St. Louis Return - Ink on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 1963

Box 2, Folder 21

One Love Book for Ted and Sandy by Joe - Multi-media, 24 leaves, 10 x 8 1/4 1963

Box 2, Folder 22

Illustrations for Living with Chris - Ink on paper, 20 leaves, 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 ca. 1968

Box 2, Folder 23

Five covers for one issue of C Magazine, #7 - Multi-media, #1--Star Spangled Stories, #2--Control, #3--Fetus, #4--Hairy, #5--Child and hand, 14 x 8 1/2 1964

Box 2, Folder 24

Rameses II - Collage, 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 1971

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Cover for C Magazine, #5 - Ink, 15 x 9 1/2 1963

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Christmas Book for Ted by Joe - Multi-media, 11 leaves, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 1966

Box 2, Folder 25

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

Box 2, Folder 26

Illustrations and text for The Drunken Boat - (Text by Ted Berrigan) ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 1971

Box 2, Folder 27

Joe Brainard with Coke Bottle - Black and white photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 1964

Box 2, Folder 28

Joe Brainard with Cigarette - Black and white photograph, 5 x 4 1972

Box 2, Folder 29

Joe Brainard Remembering - Black and white photograph, 9 3/4 x 8 ca. 1977

Box 2, Folder 30

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

Box 2, Folder 31

Nude Torso of Joe Brainard (reputed?) - (Artist: John Button) graphite and watercolor on paper, pasted on board, 4 1/4 x 11 1972

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Photo offsets for covers and flyers - 4 leaves ca. 1964-1969

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Grass Harp LP - (Painted Smiles Records) 1967

Box 2, Folder 32

Exhibition etchings and lithographs - By Whistler (includes ink drawing by Bill Berkson inside from cover; signed by Berkson and addressed to Anjelica Clarke, 1974) 1973

Box 2, Folder 33

Five-inch sound recording of Joe Brainard reading Alice and of Kenward Elmslie reading The Champ. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1968

Box 3, Folder 1

Ex-Lax V. Feenamint Vs. Ex-Lax Vs. Feen - (Collaboration with T. Berrigan, Dick Gallup, and Ron Padgett) multi-media notebook, 53 leaves, 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 1963

Box 3, Folder 2

Inside Gordon's House - Nine ink drawings in spiral notebook, 11 x 8 1/2, unsigned 1971

Box 3, Folder 3

Vermont - 62 pen and ink drawings in notebook, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 1977

Box 3, Folder 4

My Favorite Quotations - 48 leaves 1971

Box 3, Folder 5

We Still Don't Know - 12 leaves 1975

Box 3, Folder 6

8 Mini-Essays - 9 leaves 1975

Box 3, Folder 7

Some Vermont Nature Notes - 7 leaves 1970

Box 3, Folder 8

Artist's Postcards - (Joe Brainard is # 77-78E 3-4) 39 leaves in card board envelope with Christopher Street review 1977

Box 3, Folder 9

Postcards by Joe Brainard - 4 images, 6 leaves 1976

Box 3, Folder 10

Postcard by Joe Brainard for St. Mark's Poetry Project undated

Box 3, Folder 11

Twelve Postcards by Joe Brainard - 3 sets, 12 leaves in group envelope 1975

Box 3, Folder 12

Two Christmas Cards - 2 leaves, (see 1.90 and 1.100) 1968 and 1973

Box 3, Folder 13

Poster and program notes for New Dance Works - (Included was a dance based on JB's I Remember), 2 leaves 1977

Box 3, Folder 14

Various flyers for poetry readings designed by JB - 36 leaves ca. 1970-1979

Box 3, Folder 15

Bibliographic descriptions of poetry flyers above, done by Robert Butts - 33 leaves ca. 1983

Box 3, Folder 16

Poster of memorial reading for Ted Berrigan, designed by JB - 1 leaf 1983

Box 3, Folder 17

Cover (reproductions) for The Grass Harp LP - (Painted Smiles Records) ca. 1967

Box 3, Folder 18

Book marker designed by JB - (Signed to Robert Butts), 1 leaf 1977

Box 3, Folder 19

Envelope only for "10 Original Joe Brainard Brown Postcards" - For Robert with love / From Joe 1975

Box 3, Folder 20

Bean Spasms buttons

Box 8

Twenty-five print plates for Twenty-Four Pictures and Some Words

 

MANUSCRIPTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) MANUSCRIPTS: Includes the notebooks and original manuscripts for nine books by Brainard. Several manuscripts by Ted Berrigan, Tom Clark, Philip Gambone, and Rudy Kikel are also included. Arranged chronologically.
 

Manuscripts by Joe Brainard

Box 4, Folder 1

I Remember - 90 leaves, manuscript 1968

Box 4, Folder 2

I Remember #2 - 83 leaves (includes packing envelope on which is written "I Remember No. 2 (First Version Hand-written)." Manuscript 1968

Box 4, Folder 3-4

Original notes for I Remember More 1971

General note

First folder: 34 manuscript leaves (include packing envelope on which is written "Original Notes for 'I Remember More' Additions"). Second folder: 44 leaves, bound composition book titled "I Remember", vol. 3.
Box 4, Folder 5

I Remember More - 84 leaves 1971

General note

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.
 

More I Remember More 1973

Box 4, Folder 6

82 leaves, manuscript

Box 4, Folder 7

81 leaves

General note

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 4, Folder 8

44 leaves (first carbon copy of typescript), typescript

Box 4, Folder 9

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

Box 4, Folder 10

California - 85 leaves. Manuscript 1971

Box 4, Folder 11

Bolinas Journal - 67 leaves. Manuscript 1971

Box 4, Folder 12

Nothing to Write Home About - 17 leaves. Manuscript 1978

Box 4, Folder 13

Out in the Hamptons - 28 leaves. Manuscript, with letter to Robert Butts 1978

Box 4, Folder 14

Outer Banks - 4 leaves. Typescript, 1-3, Manuscript, 4 1978

 

Manuscripts by Other Authors

Box 5, Folder 1

Ted Berrigan, "Introduction" to Show - 2 leaves. Typescript with corrections 1965

Box 5, Folder 2

Ted Berrigan, "About my Work" - (Includes references to Joe Brainard and annotated by TB), 4 leaves. Typescript ca. 1963

Box 5, Folder 3

Tom Clark, "Gang of 8" - 3 leaves, with 24 unmounted slides of the 8 book illustrations. Also includes 1 TLs, 1 ALs, and 4 APCs. Typescript 1981

Box 5, Folder 4

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

Box 5, Folder 5

Philip Gambone, The Ordinary World of Joe Brainard - 50 leaves with 1 page cover letter addressed to Robert Butts. Typescript copy, 1-26; Manuscript notes, 27-50 1977

Box 5, Folder 6

Rudy Kikel, Everybody's Joe Brainard and Mine - 7 leaves. Typescript ca. 1982

Box 5, Folder 7

Rudy Kikel, Selfish Desires - 71 leaves with 3 page cover letter addressed to Robert Butts, (Published in 1985). Typescript copy 1982

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) CORRESPONDENCE: Consists primarily of letters from Joe Brainard to Robert Butts. In addition, there are letters from Ned Rorem and Virgil Thomson to Brainard, and letters from Ron Padgett, John Giorno, Larry Fagin, and others to Robert Butts.
 

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts

Box 5, Folder 8

6 ALs (16 leaves) 1974

Box 5, Folder 9

13 ALs, 2 E (44 leaves) 1975

Box 5, Folder 10

5 ALs, 1 APCs (21 leaves) 1976

Box 5, Folder 11

10 ALs (30 leaves) 1977

Box 5, Folder 12

14 ALs, 1 APCs (45 leaves) 1978

Box 5, Folder 13

10 ALs, 1 APCs (45 leaves) 1979

Box 5, Folder 14

7 ALs, 4 E (22 leaves) 1980

Box 5, Folder 15-16

Brainard, Joe to Helen Butts 1976-1978

General note

First folder: 4 ALs, 13 E (24 leaves). Second folder: 4 ALs, 16 E (27 leaves).
Box 5, Folder 17

Brainard, Joe to John Martin - 2 APCs, 3 E (6 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 18

Fagin, Larry to Robert Butts - 1 ALs, 2 TLs, Tsc of JB's, 3 E (12 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 19

Giorno, John - 1 TLs, 1 E (2 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 20

Miles, Robert and Elaine - 2 ALs, 3 TLs (10 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 21

Miller, High to Robert Butts - 20 TLs, 1 TPCs (37 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 22

Padgett, Ron to Robert Butts - 3 TLs, 3 APcs, 1 TSc of interview between RP and J. Brainard (11 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 23

Rorem, Ned to Joe Brainard - 1 APCs (1 leaf)

Box 5, Folder 24

Thomson, Virgil - 1 TLs, 1 TPCs (2 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 25

Waldman, Frances - 1 TLs, 1 TPCs (2 leaves)

Box 5, Folder 26

Winkfield, Trevor - 1 TLs, 2 E (3 leaves)

 

CATALOGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) CATALOGS: Art exhibit catalogs, reviews, and ephemera regarding the work of Joe Brainard and Alex Katz.
Box 6, Folder 1

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

General note

Includes exhibit catalogs, announcements, and one review.
Box 6, Folder 2-3

Reviews and exhibit catalogs of Joe Brainard's work

Box 6, Folder 4-5

Exhibit catalogs of Alex Katz's work

Box 6, Folder 6-8

Reviews of Alex Katz's work

Box 6, Folder 9

Ephemera received from Joe Brainard

 

CHECKLISTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) CHECKLISTS: Catalog, lists, and a bibliography of Joe Brainard's writings and artwork.
Box 7, Folder 1-2

Bibliography of Joe Brainard - Mss. by Robert Butts undated

Box 7, Folder 3

List of writings and illustrations by Joe (Xeroxed from Joe's original notebooks) - Mss. by Robert Butts undated

Box 7, Folder 4-5

Catalog of Joe Brainard Materials by Robert Butts

 

Accessions Processed in 1991, 1993

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) CORRESPONDENCE: Includes letters from Bill Berkson to Robert Butts concerning publication of Berkson's book Serenade and correspondence from Joe Brainard.
Box 7, Folder 6

Berkson, Bill 1986 - 1987

Box 7, Folder 7

Brainard, Joe 1986 - 1987

Box 7, Folder 8

Brainard, Joe to Robert Butts - 7 APCs, 9 ALSs, encs. (20 leaves) 1987-1992

Box 7, Folder 9

Greenwald, Ted 1986 - 1987

Box 7, Folder 10

Rodefer, Stephen 1987

 

ARTWORK

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) ARTWORK: Contains original drawings by Joe Brainard for three collaborative works with Bill Berkson and The Baby Book with Kenward Elmslie. Also included are original art by Brainard for miscellaneous poetry readings and flyers. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title.
Oversize FB-187, Folder 6

Baby Book by Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard

Oversize FB-187, Folder 7

Life Begins at Zero by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

Oversize FB-187, Folder 8

My Dream of Life by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

Box 7, Folder 11

Original art for poetry readings and flyers

Box 7, Folder 12

Serenade, by Bill Berkson and Joe Brainard

General note

Includes text and watercolors.
 

WRITINGS OF OTHERS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) WRITING OF OTHERS: Manuscript of a poem by Bill Berkson.
Box 7, Folder 13

Cnidus, August 4th by Bill Berkson - Photocopies of proofs

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographic portraits and transparencies of Joe Brainard and others.
Box 7, Folder 14

Portraits of Joe Brainard by Elizabeth Hathon - Contact sheets 1985

Oversize AB-09-B01

Portrait of Joe Brainard by Elizabeth Hathon - Framed print 1985

Box 7, Folder 15

Portrait of Joe Brainard by Duncan Hannah 1992

Box 7, Folder 16

Gang of Eight - 2 1/4 color transparencies [located in the Archives Negative File]

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