Title
Happy birthday Mike Belt flower love [small]
Subject
Concrete poetry
Visual poetry
Mail art
Correspondence art
Assemblage (sculpture technique)
Textile art
Fiberwork
Poetry -- Female authors
American poetry -- 20th century
Description
Mailer envelope wrapped in pink cellophane over collage of “happy birthday” containing a broken wooden snowflake, costume jewelry, thin pink printed paper doily folded around white plastic cord, paper flower, small square of astro-turf like material, folded around paper bearing “happy birthday” written in fading ink containing a small envelope containing another small envelope reading “11/7/47” on outside and “Mike Belt” written on inside. Larger paper wrapped around dried fern-like grasses.
Creator
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987
Source
Amelia Etlinger Collection (PCMS-0060)
Poetry Collection Manuscripts (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection
Date
1977-11-03
Contributor
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.
Rights
Copyright the Estate of Amelia Etlinger and used with permission. For more information contact the Poetry Collection at lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en-US
Type
Physical Object
Still Image
Identifier
PCMS-0060_4_11
Coverage
Clifton Park, New York
1970 - 1986
Date Created
2015-10-05
Access Rights
Collection open for research.
Is Part Of
Amelia Etlinger Collection (LIB-PC010)
Extent
4 images
Medium
tissue, wooden snowflake, cellophane, costume jewelry, paper doily, astro-turf, paper flower, plastic cord, plant material
Provenance
Sent to Mike Belt, donated to the Poetry Collection by Ellen Marie Helinka.
Rights Holder
Estate of Amelia Etlinger
Original Format
fiber art
assemblage
Physical Dimensions
9.25 x 4.25 inches
Collection
Tags
Citation
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987, “Happy birthday Mike Belt flower love [small],” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 19, 2019, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/52282.