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Untitled

Joe Brainard American

1975

Not on view

A prolific artist and talented writer, Brainard was associated with the New York School, a community of poets and artists who congregated and often collaborated in downtown Manhattan in the mid-twentieth century. In 1975, the year this delightful collage was produced, Brainard was at one of the pinnacles of his career. His hugely popular, infectiously funny, and poignant stream-of-conscious memoir I Remember was published to acclaim, he designed two posters for Time/Life (the maquette for one of them, Stay Ahead of the Game, is also in The Met's holdings, 1997.404.23), and in December he was profiled in People magazine during the run of his show at New York's acclaimed Fischbach Gallery.

Untitled, Joe Brainard (American, Salem, Arkansas 1942–1994 New York), Cut and pasted paper — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Untitled

Artist: Joe Brainard (American, Salem, Arkansas 1942–1994 New York)

Date: 1975

Medium: Cut and pasted paper

Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (18.4 × 13 cm)

Classification: Collages

Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020

Accession Number: 2021.54.6

Rights and Reproduction: Copyright © by the Estate of Joe Brainard

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