Mail art no. 56

Mail art

Two-sided cardboard piece submitted as part of the Youth and Mail Art Project created by Carlo Pittore. Its front is constructed from cardboard and construction paper,presenting a red-and-white gingham fabric featuring a black-and-white photo of two crying toddlers, surrounded by colorful smiley-face stickers, decorative labels, a silver ribbon, and various illustrated cutout images and stickers in a collage-like presentation. The back is constructed from patterned paper, stickers and cutout images. U.S. postage stamps are affixed. A collage-style envelope covered with numerous bird postage stamps, vintage photos and illustrations, labels, and international postal stickers, addressed to a youth mail art recipient in Belgium. Mail art recipient: Luce Fierens.

Pittore, Carlo

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1992

Basinski, Michael

Fierens, Luce

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Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #1

MA0056

LIB-PC001

2006-02-13

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

22 x 28 cm.

Cardboard