Mail Art Early Conceptual Art Neo-Dada and Early Pop Art

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Ray Johnson, 1960/1963. Mail art assemblage titled "Grey Envelope With Hinge," consisting of an envelope mailed from Johnson to Buecker with a hinged wood element, displayed in a shadowbox frame. Framed by Buecker. Frame measures 16 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Reverse bears Buecker & Harpsichords stamp, handwritten note Ray Johnson Feb 27, 1963 Do Not Repair, and a Nassau County Museum of Fine Art loan label documenting exhibition from February 7 to April 8, 1984.

From the estate of H. Robert Buecker #401/24. Robert Bobby Buecker (1935 - 2024) was a modernist painter, instrument builder, and noted New York gallerist.. Robert Bobby Buecker (1935 - 2024) was a modernist painter, instrument builder, and noted New York gallerist.

Ray Johnson ( 01927 -1995) was an American collagist and conceptual artist, best known as the founder of the New York Correspondence School and the pioneering "mail art" movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on collage, pop imagery, and performance, his inventive, enigmatic works helped lay the groundwork for Neo-Dada, Pop Art, and intermedia practices.