Cervix Dollar Bill
1970
Artist, American, 1927 - 1995
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink, acrylic, and collage on prepared paperboard
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Weinstein in memory of Mrs. Jacob Fox)
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Dimensions
sheet: 50.8 × 73.66 cm (20 × 29 in.)
framed: 53.34 × 76.2 cm (21 × 30 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2523
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Weinstein, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1972; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1970
Ray Johnson: Dollar Bill Show, Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1970 (Sept 16 - Oct 17, 1970)
1979
Recent Acquisitions: Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979 (June 1 - July 15, 1979)
1984
Works by Ray Johnson, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, 1984, p. 31, no. 41, repro (Feb 7 - Apr 8, 1984)
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 92-93, no. 57, repro
1999
Ray Johnson: Correspondences, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 1999-2000, no. 111, repro (Whitney: Jan 14 - March 21, 1999) (Wexner: Sep 16 - Dec 31, 2000)
2006
Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
2018
Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 234, no. 1568.
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite: Ray Johnson 1970; upper center verso in red ink: Top / Cervix Dollar Bill / by Ray Johnson / 1970 / 20 x 29
Wikidata ID
Q64620077