Mail art no. 129

mail art

Two-sided white paper window envelope mail art piece created by Carlo Pittore. The front is decorated with rubber stamp ink and U.S. postage stamps while the back is illustrated in red and blue, with green-blue rubber stamp ink and stickers. In the textual portion of the mail art, an open handwritten letter, written in green ink across two facing pages is found. The left page begins with a red stamped date “AUG 22 1981” and addresses “Dear Daniel,” thanking him for acknowledgment and congratulating him on an exhibition. The writer explains financial reasons for not participating, listing numbered points about shipping, return shipping, publicity, and miscellaneous expenses. The right page continues the letter with appreciation and well wishes, signed “Carlo P.” There is an upside-down address written on the right page and a small pasted black-and-white image of repeated faces near the lower right. The back side of the envelope is decorated with American flag imagery, stamped faces over map outlines, and the phrases “Pride in America” and “Begins With Me.” 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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MA0129

Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #

2006-03-03

2006-05-25

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

9 x 17 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)