Mail art no. 101

mail art

Two-sided manila paper mail art envelope, created by Arturo Giuseppe Fallico, and containing five individual mail art pieces. The beige hand-written mailing envelope is addressed on the front to John Bennett in Columbus, Ohio with a U.S. postage stamp affixed. The envelope back is decorated with black ink rubber stamped images, stickers and tape. One of the stamped images is of a rudimentary city map labelled "PARK FAST" and the other stamped illustration is of a Neanderthal-like man labelled "OUR EARLY PREHISTORIC MAIL ART ANCESTOR." The first mail art piece contained in the envelope is a graphic collage on a light blue background featuring scattered icons, textures, and dots, centered on a stamped image of an eagle above the words “MAY 8 NEW YORK.” The second envelope insert is a sheet of blue paper with "for John ALL my art." and signed "Arturo" hand written in pencil. The third envelope insert is a sheet of blue paper with a decorative black ink frame stamp enclosing the address of the mail artist Arturo G. Fallico. Following this mail art piece is the fourth envelope insert which is a handwritten letter titled “MAIL • ART,” dated January 27, 1991, with a note to John about exchanged art and international mail, signed by Arturo, and featuring a printed pointing hand graphic indicating a return address. The fifth and final mail art piece contained in the envelope is a mostly blank white page with a small pasted newspaper clipping near the upper right, titled “Prisoner cleans toilet but destroys bathroom.” Mail art recipient: John M. Bennett.

Fallico, Arturo Giuseppe

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1991

Basinski, Michael

Bennett, John M.

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Mail Art John M. Bennett Box #

MA0101

2006-02-24

2006-05-25

Mail art. LIB-PC001

12 x 17 cm.

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cardboard

tape

stamp art