From the Exhibition: The Anomalous Baird Jones (1955–2008)
Martin Wong, Receipt to Baird Jones, Exchanging “two drawings…for big stack of photos,” Ink on paper, 1986
SoldMartin Wong, receipt to Baird Jones, 1986. Ink on paper, 8″ x 10″.
Wong’s handwritten receipt, embellished with a sketch of a monstrous creature, documents the context for his two drawings of Baird. The text reads as follows:
GIVEN to BAIRD JONES
two (2) PORTRAIT DRAWINGS of HISSELF [sic]
IN EXCHANGE FOR BIG STACK of PHOTOS
Martin Wong
AUGUST 20th 1986
BAIRD JONES EXHIBITION HOMEPAGE
From the Exhibition: The Anomalous Baird Jones (1955–2008)
The Anomalous Baird Jones (1955–2008)
Martin Wong, Portrait of Baird Jones, Ink on paper, 1986
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Martin Wong, Sketch of Baird Jones, Ink on paper, 1986
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Baird Jones, 43rd Birthday Party Invitation, Palladium, 1998
Mark Kostabi at a “Kosthappening,” signed and stamped photo, 1985
Mark Kostabi and the Est Village Scene 1983-1987, Mark Kostabi, Baird Jones, Book and Publisher’s Statement, 2002
Downtown Magazine – Issue No. 35, January 21, 1987
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Book and related ephemera, 1987
Three invitations: East Village art, COLAB women, and “South Bronx Fantasies,” 1987
Two invitations to Milk Bar exhibitions, 1988
Baird Jones, Party Invites, “Three Geniuses,” “Keith Haring vs. Mark Kostabi,” “The Nostalgic Nineties,” 1980s–90s
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Tunnel, Jimmy DeSana, Invitation for “Art Un-Censored”, 1987
Baird Jones, Party Invitations Featuring Mike Anderson, 1989
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Baird Jones, Two Nightclub Events Honoring Yippie Pie Man, Cards, 1990
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Press release for Baird’s appointment as curator and exhibition invites, 1980s–90s
Baird Jones, Miles Davis serigraph (1995) from Black History Month exhibition, Milk Bar, (2000)
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