Mail art no. 85

Mail art

Two-sided postcard. Index card decorated on front with stickers; verso is decorated with sticker, rubber ink stamp and U.S. postage stamps.

Double-sided postcard sent from the Netherlands to the United States. The front features a collage of repeated black-and-white portraits of a woman and a Dutch postage stamp reading “NEDERLAND JULIANA REGINA 1 GULDEN.” On the left side, within red border lines, handwritten text says: “in Holland all mail is fe-mail.”

The reverse side is addressed to Daniel Graham, “715 Delaware Avenue, Apt. 1008, Buffalo, New York 14209, United States.” The sender’s information on the left reads: “Anja v.d. Wege, Haarlemmerstraat 281, 2312 OT Leiden, Holland.” A purple Dutch postage stamp in the upper right corner bears a circular postmark with the words “Gebruik ’m goed.” Along the dividing line, handwritten text notes “made in holland, leiden, september ’82.”

Wege, Anja V. D.

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

1982

Basinski, Michael

Recipient: Graham, Daniel Mark

Hallwalls Collection

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Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #1

MA0085

LIB-PC001

2/24/2006

5/25/2006

10 x 15 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)