Title
for please love Mike Belt
Subject
Description
White box lid on blue and white striped department store box, lid taped with brown paper tape bearing “open this side up” written in black felt tip marker on lid. Box damaged, all corners ripped on lid, box crushed. Box contains flat piece with two white plastic rings on verso head edge to hang piece. Work consists of 2 pieces of purple cellophane pressed around leaf in center, yellow and white chiffon layered over gold paper base, yellow and gold, twisted tassel, and white cotton cord, a bed of twigs and dried grasses, brown chiffon over pink, white and gold woven 1.5 inch fabric ribbon folded over work lengthwise. Gold and pink buttons are sewn to edges with pink and yellow thread and thread continues loosely through piece. “For please Mike Belt” collaged on small ripped piece of white paper between yellow fabric.
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Date
Rights
Copyright the Estate of Amelia Etlinger and used with permission. For more information contact the Poetry Collection at lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu.
Format
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Identifier
PCMS-0060_11_37
Date Created
Access Rights
Collection open for research.
Is Part Of
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Medium
Provenance
Sent to Mike Belt, donated to the Poetry Collection by Ellen Marie Helinka.
Rights Holder
Physical Dimensions
12.5 x 10 x 2 inches
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Citation
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987, “for please love Mike Belt,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 18, 2022, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/52278.