Ray Johnson Estate Articles
Johanna Gosse
"From Art to Experience: The Porous Philosophy of Ray Johnson." Journal of Black Mountain College Studies 1, no.2 (2011).
Julie J. Thomson
"To Ray J, George Brecht Knows, George Brecht's Nose: The Development of Ray Johnson's and George Brecht's Participatory and Dialogic Practices." Journal of Black Mountain College Studies 1, no.2 (2011).
Kate Erin Dempsey
"Weaving Correspondence: Anni Albers and Ray Johnson." Journal of Black Mountain College Studies 1, no.2 (2011).
Michael von Uchtrup
"Ray Johnson and the Road from Black Mountain College into - and Out of - New York." Journal of Black Mountain College Studies 1, no. 2 (2011).
Retrospections on West 23rd Street
Wilson, William S. "Retrospections on West 23rd Street." New York: Printed Matter, 2006.
William S. Wilson
William S. Wilson. "Ray Johnson's First 'Please Send To." Lightworks 22 (2000): 18-21.
Amei Wallach
Wallach, Amei. "Dear Friends of Ray, and Audiences of One." New York Times, February 28, 1999.
Mark Bloch, et al.
Bloch, Mark, Chuck Close, Jill Johnston, and Richard L. Feigen. "A Tribute to Ray Johnson." WBAI-FM, 1995.
Clive Phillpot
Phillpot, Clive. "The Mailed Art of Ray Johnson." In Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology, edited by Chuck Welch, 24-32. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 1995.
Carol Vogel
Vogel, Carol. “Ray Johnson, 67 Pop Artist Known for His Work in Collage.” New York Times. January 19, 1995.
Guy Trebay
Trebay, Guy. “Backstroking into Oblivion: The Riddle of Ray Johnson’s Suicide.” Village Voice, January 31, 1995.
John Held, Jr.
Held, John Jr. “Bunny Dead: The Mysterious Life and Death of Ray Johnson and the Rise of the New York Correspondence School of Art.” National Stampagraphic 13, no. 3, (Spring 1995):20-25.
David Ebony
Ebony, David. "Ray Johnson, from The Paper Snake to Shelley Duvall," New Observations, "Bookworks,” 106 (May-June 1995).
David Bourdon, et al.
Ray Johnson, standing, and Chuck Close, on the floor, in Close's studio on West Third Street, New York City, 1983.
David Bourdon, Robert Pincus-Witten, Nam June Paik, Chuck Close, Jill Johnston, and James Rosenquist. “Returned to Sender: Remembering Ray Johnson.” Artforum 33 (April 1995): 70-75, 106, 111-113.
Holland Cotter
“Notes to the World (or Bend, Fold, and Spindle).” Art in America 83 (October 1995): 100-105.
Grace Glueck
Glueck, Grace. "A Witty Master of the Deadpan Spoof," New York Times, February 19, 1983.
Henry Martin
"Should an Eyelash Last Forever? An Interview with Ray Johnson." Lightworks Magazine 22 (2000): 46-55.
Diane Spodarek and Randy Delbeke
Spodarek, Diane and Randy Delbeke. "Ray Johnson Interview." Detroit Artists Monthly 3 (February 1978): 3-9.
John Held, Jr.
Johnson, Ray. Interview by John Held, Jr. Mid-York Library System, Utica, New York. December 2, 1977.
Edward M. Plunkett, et al.
Plunkett, Edward M., Lawrence Alloway, John Russell, Suzi Gablik, William S. Wilson, Henry Martin, Robert Pincus-Witten, Karen Shaw, Robert Rosenblum, Lucy R. Lippard, Tommy Mew, Toby R. Spiselman. "Send Letters, Postcards, Drawings, and Objects . . . " Art Journal XXXVI (Spring 1977): 233-241.
Lawrence Campbell
Campbell, Lawrence. "The Ray Johnson History of the Betty Parsons Gallery." Art News 72 (January 1973): 56-57.
Rosalind Constable
Constable, Rosalind. “The Mailaway Art of Ray Johnson.” New York Magazine, March 2, 1970.
Christopher Andreae
Andreae, Christopher. “Happy Membership”, Christian Science Monitor, July 14, 1969.
Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Ray Johnson. 1968 Apr. 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
David Bourdon and Philip Leider
“The New York Correspondence School.” Artforum, 6 (October 1967): 50-55.
William S. Wilson
Wilson, William S. "Ray Johnson: NY Correspondence School." Art and Artists 1 (April 1966): 54-57.
Suzi Gablik
Gablik, Suzi. “700 Collages by Ray Johnson.” Location 1 (Summer 1964) edited by Thomas B. Hess and Harold Rosenberg, 55-58.
