Drawn While Driving Car, February 21, 1991

Mail art pioneer Ray Johnson sent artworks through the U.S. postal service to an extensive network of correspondents, often exhorting them to add something to a drawing or collage and then return it. In appreciation of such an exchange with artist Bill Anthony in 1991, Johnson sent him this drawing of a bunny, his signature motif, created, as the inscription tells us, while the artist was driving a car. Adding an additional layer of meaning, Johnson once said of his unpredictable career, "My work is like driving a car. I'm always switching gears."