Mail art no. 137

mail art

Mail art piece, created by Gene Elder, composed of a white envelope addressed in black on the front and stamped in purple ink on the back with a U.S. postage stamp affixed. The back of the envelope has"MUD underground" written above the address reading: "Gene Elder, 120 Burr, San Antonio, Texas 78209". The envelope contents include a handwritten press release and a photocopy of two pages of a book with red markings bracketing several paragraphs. Also included in the envelope is a typed and handwritten press release dated April 15, 1982, from artist Gene Elder of San Antonio, Texas. The page includes an illustrated letterhead featuring a stylized monument and pyramids, handwritten headings in black ink, and “Press Release” written in red. The text calls for artists to submit mail art for an archive under the San Antonio Museum of Modern Art. The page includes underlined sentences, arrows pointing to the mailing address, a handwritten signature from Gene Elder labeled “Corresponding Secretary,” and repeated printed address information at the bottom. Mail art recipient: Daniel Mark Graham.

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Elder, Gene

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1982

Basinski, Michael

Graham, Daniel Mark.

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MA0137

Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #

2006-04-05

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

10 x 22 cm.

paper (fiber product)

envelopes

press releases

photocopies