Joe Brainard Archive, 1960-1992 (MSS 5)

Restrictions: Original sound recordings are restricted. Listening copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 5.5 Linear feet (7 archives boxes, 1 shoe box, 2 flat boxes, 50 art bin items, and 18 map case folders)

Materials collected by Robert Butts, consisting primarily of diverse works by and regarding New York artist and writer Joe Brainard (1942-1994).

Born in Arkansas in 1942 and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Brainard moved to New York City in 1961. There, he quickly developed friendships with Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, Bill Berkson, Barbara Guest, and other participants in the New York School. The large number of collaborative works in the collection, as well as the many illustrations Brainard did for books by others, reflect the sense of community shared by these artists.

Brainard's achievement, however, is remarkable quite aside from his many associations. Brainard harmonized linguistic and visual materials in extraordinary ways. His graphic work is notably literary, often incorporating words and sentences into non-literary designs. Such qualities prompted Frank O'Hara to say that Brainard's work had "nothing to do with philosophy, it's all art." Both the art work and writing is full of information and frequently takes erotic and semiotic risks. In one of his more scandalous serial works, Brainard subjected Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy to every imaginable erotic and high art situation.

A prolific artist, Brainard's work has been exhibited extensively in the New York City area since the early 1960s. His first retrospective show, consisting of work from 1960-1970, took place at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in Chicago in 1970. In the mid-1970s he created over 3,000 miniature collages, paintings, and drawings for a major show at the Fischbach Gallery in Manhattan. The materials gathered in the Joe Brainard Archive were first exhibited at the Long Beach Museum of Art in 1980. In 1986 they were again exhibited at UC San Diego. Brainard died May 25, 1994 in New York City.

Materials collected by Robert Butts, consisting primarily of diverse works by and regarding New York artist and writer Joe Brainard (1942-1994). The Joe Brainard Archive consists of numerous examples of Brainard's graphic work dating from 1962 to 1979, most of the books illustrated by Brainard, all of Brainard's manuscripts and published writings, notebooks for Brainard's I Remember series and several other books, Brainard's correspondence with members of the Butts family and correspondence to Brainard from Ned Rorem and Virgil Thomson, checklists of Brainard's artistic production constructed by Robert Butts, and a selection of articles devoted to Brainard's career. In addition to the Brainard materials, the Archive also includes an oil painting by Tom Clark, and a few ink sketches by poets Ron Padgett and Allen Ginsberg. There are also manuscripts of Ted Berrigan, Tom Clark and Rudy Kikel, in addition to broadsides and books written by New York School writers such as John Ashbery, Edwin Denby, and Kenneth Koch. Primarily a study collection, the importance of the Joe Brainard Archive is in documenting the wide range, topical as well as technical, of Joe Brainard's artistic production over a twenty-year period, ca. 1960-1979.

Accession Processed in 1987: This portion of the collection contains many examples of Brainard's artwork as well as book and cover illustrations, manuscripts, and published writings, all dating from ca. 1960 to 1979. It also includes original art and documentation by and of other notable artists and writers.

Arranged in five series: 1) ARTWORK, 2) MANUSCRIPTS, 3) CORRESPONDENCE, 4) CATALOGS, and 5) BIBLIOGRAPHIES.

Accessions Processed in 1991, 1993: Portions of the Joe Brainard Archive processed in 1991 and 1993 contain originals of artwork by Joe Brainard for collaborations with Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie, and correspondence related to Robert Butts' projects.

Arranged in four series: 6) CORRESPONDENCE, 7) ARTWORK, 8) MANUSCRIPTS, and 9) PHOTOGRAPHS.

Joe Brainard Letters. MSS 703. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Books, journals and some artworks received in the 1984 accession of the Joe Brainard Archive have been separated from the collection and added elsewhere to the library's holdings. To identify and list these items, conduct an author search in ROGER on the term "Butts, Robert, 1952- former owner."

Container List

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

(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

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
Oversize MC-068-01
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
Oversize MC-070-01
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

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

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.

Box 1 Folder 3
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
Oversize FB-187 Folder 5
Photo offsets for covers and flyers - 4 leaves, ca. 1964-1969
Oversize OM-1 Folder 9
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

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

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

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

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

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

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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