In this playful image, mail artist Ray Johnson wittily presents abstract painters Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) and Agnes Martin (1912-2004) as a pair of fried eggs. Johnson creates a pun on each artist’s name to emphasize their rhyming qualities, changing “Reinhardt” to “Reinheart,” and “Martin” to “Heartin.”The exhibition Artists on Artists remains on view through July 29.Image:Ray Johnson (American, 1927-1995)Ad Reinheart and Agnes Heartin, 1970sCommercially-printed card with felt-tip pen Ellen H. Johnson Bequest, 1998.7.55 
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In this playful image, mail artist Ray Johnson wittily presents abstract painters Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) and Agnes Martin (1912-2004) as a pair of fried eggs. Johnson creates a pun on each artist’s name to emphasize their rhyming qualities, changing “Reinhardt” to “Reinheart,” and “Martin” to “Heartin.”

The exhibition Artists on Artists remains on view through July 29.

Image:
Ray Johnson (American, 1927-1995)
Ad Reinheart and Agnes Heartin, 1970s
Commercially-printed card with felt-tip pen
 Ellen H. Johnson Bequest, 1998.7.55 

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