Mail art no. 65

Mail art

Piece is a postcard made of cardboard with a white front, decorated with homemade paper, colored pencil, rubber ink stamps, and U.S. postage stamps.

A decorated envelope mailed from “V. Racer, 129–163rd Street North, East Moline, IL 61244” to “Luce Fierens, Boterstraat 63, Hombeek, Belgium.” The envelope features colorful hand-drawn and stamped artwork, including a stylized face with red lips and yellow hair on textured paper. Additional text includes “Delicious for the Holidays” and “RUBBER STAMPING PASSION HEARTS ETC.” in red lettering. A U.S. airmail stamp of William T. Piper, labeled “Aviation Pioneer USA Airmail 40,” is placed in the upper right corner and postmarked “30 JAN 1992.”

Racer, V.

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

1992

Basinski, Michael

Recipient: Fierens, Luce

Fierens, Luce

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Postcards

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Still image

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Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #1

MA0065

LIB-PC001

2/13/2006

5/25/2006

14 x 9 cm.

Cardboard