Mail art no. 143

mail art

Mail art piece, designed by Carlo Pittore, consisting of a white envelope decorated with rubber ink stamps, copied photographs and textual writing. Its decorated envelope, addressed to recipient Daniel Mark Graham in Buffalo, N.Y., featured collage elements including repeated portraits, stamped illustrations, a red paintbrush graphic, and a colorful “Understanding the Sun” postage stamp. The contents of the envelope includes a handwritten letter, dated October 1, 1981, on white paper with a business card clipped at the top, listing five numbered points about publishing, announcements, availability in Maine and New York, gallery lighting, and a question about a publication name. The second page of the handwritten letter lists numbered points 6 through 12, written in black ink on white paper, with requests for mail art, aesthetic concerns, personal questions, and encouragement to continue corresponding, ending with a red “POST ME” stamp and a paintbrush graphic signature. Mail art recipient: Daniel Mark Graham.

Pittore, Carlo

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1981

Basinski, Michael

Graham, Daniel Mark

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Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #

MA0143

2006-04-05

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC001

9 x 17 cm.

paper (fiber product)

envelopes