1967
gouache
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1967 gouache by Ray Johnson, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This looks like a city made of blocks. The top is a brick wall with words carved into it. Below, tiny buildings sit on a street—some are red, some blue, some gray. A long bus or train runs through the middle. The colors are bright but flat, like a child’s drawing with crayons. The bricks at the top spell out "MONTROY" and two years: 1962 and 1967. The artist used real materials—paper, paint, even fabric—to build this scene. Check out gouache—it’s the paint used here, and it’s different from regular paint.
Raymond Edward "Ray" Johnson was an American artist. Known primarily as a collagist and correspondence artist, he was a seminal figure in the history of Neo-Dada and early Pop art and was described as "New York's most…
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