Mail art no. 132

mail art

Two-sided paper envelope mail art piece created by Carlo Pittore. Consists of white paper postal envelope decorated on front and back with artist stamps, stickers, and rubber stamp ink with U.S. postage stamps affixed. The decorated mail art envelope features stamped illustrations of figures, brains in top hats, symbols, and a central green “POST ME” image, arranged in red and teal ink on the worn white envelope. A folded sheet of paper filled with colorful rubber-stamp images and a handwritten letter. Red and blue stamps depict figures blowing horns, a painter’s brush logo labeled “Carlo Pittore,” a Vitruvian-style figure, and a cartoon figure with the phrases “Everyman his own Football” and “Jedermann sein eigener Fussball.” A red date stamp reads “SEP 28 1981.” The handwritten message addresses Daniel, encouraging the exchange of art letters, and ends with a phone number, kisses, a signature “Carlo P.,” and a postscript praising the envelope. The final portion of the mail art piece is a typed acceptance letter from the LIS’81 Lisbon International Show, printed on light paper and heavily decorated with repeated red stamped figures of a man in a suit and hat posed with arms outstretched. The letter thanks an artist for submitting drawings, lists jury members, and includes a table indicating which works were accepted or not accepted. Blue pen marks underline accepted works, and the letter is signed and dated July 27, 1981, in Lisbon, Portugal, with an address block for Carlo Pittore in New York. Mail art recipient: Daniel Mark Graham.

Pittore, Carlo

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1981

Basinski, Michael

Graham, Daniel Mark

Hallwalls Collection

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Envelopes

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MA0132

Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #

2006-03-03

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

10 x 20 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)

Postage stamps