for please love Mike Belt

Concrete poetry

Visual poetry

Mail art

Correspondence art

Assemblage (sculpture technique)

Textile art

Fiberwork

Poetry -- Female authors

American poetry -- 20th century

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.

Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987

Amelia Etlinger Collection (PCMS-0060)

Poetry Collection Manuscripts (State University of New York at Buffalo)

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

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State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.

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Physical Object

Still Image

PCMS-0060_11_37

Clifton Park, New York

1970 - 1986

2015-10-05

Collection open for research.

Amelia Etlinger Collection (LIB-PC010)

1 image

department store box, cellophane, chiffon, plant material, cord, woven ribbon, buttons, paper

Sent to Mike Belt, donated to the Poetry Collection by Ellen Marie Helinka.

Estate of Amelia Etlinger

fiber art

assemblage

12.5 x 10 x 2 inches