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RAYMOND MATERSON (B. 1954)
COPPING AMERIKA - DAY 1 - 8⁄22/87
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RAYMOND MATERSON (B. 1954)
COPPING AMERIKA - DAY 1 - 8⁄22/87
inscribed, signed with initials and dated Copping Amerika / Day 1 - 8⁄22/87 / ©RM 94 (lower right); inscribed, signed and dated Prayer to a grandmother - / Raymond Materson / 1⁄22/94 (verso)
unraveled sock threads
2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in., central image
Executed in 1994.
COPPING AMERIKA - DAY 1 - 8⁄22/87
inscribed, signed with initials and dated Copping Amerika / Day 1 - 8⁄22/87 / ©RM 94 (lower right); inscribed, signed and dated Prayer to a grandmother - / Raymond Materson / 1⁄22/94 (verso)
unraveled sock threads
2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in., central image
Executed in 1994.
Provenance
The artist
American Primitive Gallery, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 1994
Gifted from the above to The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, 2016
American Primitive Gallery, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 1994
Gifted from the above to The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, 2016
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Four Seasons Hotel, 1998-2010.
Paris, La Halle Saint-Pierre, Raw Vision: 25 Ans D'Art Brut, 18 September 2013-22 August 2014.
Tucson, Arizona, The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Mending the Soul with Miniature Stitches: the Needlework of Ray Materson, 22 September 2015- 10 January 2016.
New York, Fortnight Institute, You Can't Win: Jack Black's America, 10 July-18 August 2019.
Naples, Florida, The Watson Gallery at the Naples Art Institute, The Artist’s Hand: Selections from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 6 August-1 November 2022.
Paris, La Halle Saint-Pierre, Raw Vision: 25 Ans D'Art Brut, 18 September 2013-22 August 2014.
Tucson, Arizona, The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Mending the Soul with Miniature Stitches: the Needlework of Ray Materson, 22 September 2015- 10 January 2016.
New York, Fortnight Institute, You Can't Win: Jack Black's America, 10 July-18 August 2019.
Naples, Florida, The Watson Gallery at the Naples Art Institute, The Artist’s Hand: Selections from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 6 August-1 November 2022.
Brought to you by
Cara Zimmerman
Head of Americana and Outsider Art
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