Julie Martin Oral History Transcript Block 116 (Q19986)

Martin: Homage to New York. Right. And after that experience Billy wanted to keep working with artists very much. So he would say to artists whom he was getting to know, Do you have an idea that needs an engineer? Jasper [Johns], for example, came up with the idea of using a neon letter in a painting and not having the painting attached to the wall by wires. He asked for portable neon. In the d