RAYMOND MATERSON (B. 1954)
Little Green Bags, Camden, NJ
signed with initials, titled and dated '© RM '94/Little green/bags/Camden, NJ' (lower left)
unraveled sock threads
3 x 2¹⁄₂ in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm.)
Executed in 1994.

The artist.
American Primitive Gallery, New York.
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, acquired from the above, 1995.
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York, gift from the above, 2016.

R. Materson and M. Materson, Sins and Needles: A Story of Spiritual Mending, North Carolina, 2002, p. 50.

Washington, DC., Four Seasons Hotel, 1998-2002.
Baltimore, The American Visionary Art Museum, High on Life, October 5, 2002-September 1, 2003.
Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford College Art Gallery, 2005.
University of California, Davis, Design Museum, Stories through Needle and Thread, May 10-July 29, 2007.
Kansas City, Missouri, Belger Arts Center, Rare Visions-Detour Art, March 6-May 1, 2009.
Paris, La Halle Saint-Pierre, Raw Vision, September 18, 2013–August 22, 2014.
Tucson, Arizona, Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Mending the Soul with Miniature Stitches: the Needlework of Ray Materson, September 22, 2015-January 10, 2016.
Baltimore, The American Visionary Art Museum, Parenting: An Art Without a Manual, October 6, 2018-September 1, 2019.
Naples, Florida, The Watson Gallery at Naples Art, The Artist's Hand: Selections from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, August 6-October 30, 2022, no. 33.