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Ray Johnson. Th Thee for and Lai Book

Ray Johnson

Th Thee for and Lai Book

c. 1955

Book with cut-and-pasted printed, colored, and metallic papers, and hand-lettered text in ink on irregularly shaped paper leaves, some with cutout holes, foldout flaps, blue synthetic leather, and partially erased handwritten text in pencil; covers with cut-and-pasted printed, colored, and metallic papers on paper over boards

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Medium Book with cut-and-pasted printed, colored, and metallic papers, and hand-lettered text in ink on irregularly shaped paper leaves, some with cutout holes, foldout flaps, blue synthetic leather, and partially erased handwritten text in pencil; covers with cut-and-pasted printed, colored, and metallic papers on paper over boards
Dimensions pages (irreg., approx.): 7 5/16 × 5 13/16" (18.5 × 14.8 cm); book (closed): 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 × 7/16" (20.7 × 16.5 × 1.1 cm)
Credit Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Object number 491.2022
Department Drawings and Prints

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