Title
Mail art no. 61
Subject
Mail art
Description
This piece is a brown mailing envelope decorated with stickers, postage stamps, and found items, with white and red-orange writing. Inside the envelope are other found items.
Envelope (first and third images):
A brown envelope marked with handwritten sender and recipient information, multiple postage stamps, and postal markings. On the front, the sender’s information is written in red: “V. HAMANN ANTHROART IN DER LEHNAUE 2 D-5064 RÖSRATH.” The recipient’s address is written in white within a red-bordered rectangle: “LUCE FIERENS BOTERSTRAAT 43 2811 HOMBEEK BELGIEN.” Several German postage stamps are affixed in the upper right corner and are postmarked. A partially visible printed graphic appears in the lower left. The envelope surface includes cancellation lines, a torn area near a postmark, and a strip of reversed blue-printed text.
Contents (second image):
The enclosed materials consist of a group of items arranged together on a black background. One large printed piece shows a person seated against an orange backdrop, their body painted blue, hands held over two containers. A torn calendar fragment reads “OKTÓBER 1 Þriðjudagur.” Another small printed card displays a simple line drawing of a vessel with the word “HANDLE.” A Polaroid-style print shows cardboard constructions with the handwritten text “PASSION CREATES ART” above them and “For Lucio Fierenzio VH92” along the lower edge.
A brown envelope marked with handwritten sender and recipient information, multiple postage stamps, and postal markings. On the front, the sender’s information is written in red: “V. HAMANN ANTHROART IN DER LEHNAUE 2 D-5064 RÖSRATH.” The recipient’s address is written in white within a red-bordered rectangle: “LUCE FIERENS BOTERSTRAAT 43 2811 HOMBEEK BELGIEN.” Several German postage stamps are affixed in the upper right corner and are postmarked. A partially visible printed graphic appears in the lower left. The envelope surface includes cancellation lines, a torn area near a postmark, and a strip of reversed blue-printed text.
Contents (second image):
The enclosed materials consist of a group of items arranged together on a black background. One large printed piece shows a person seated against an orange backdrop, their body painted blue, hands held over two containers. A torn calendar fragment reads “OKTÓBER 1 Þriðjudagur.” Another small printed card displays a simple line drawing of a vessel with the word “HANDLE.” A Polaroid-style print shows cardboard constructions with the handwritten text “PASSION CREATES ART” above them and “For Lucio Fierenzio VH92” along the lower edge.
Creator
Hamann, V.
Publisher
Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries
Date
1992
Contributor
Basinski, Michael
Recipient: Fierens, Luce
Fierens, Luce
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Contact the Poetry Collection for more information.
Type
Envelopes
Image
Still image
Text
Identifier
Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #1
MA0061
LIB-PC001
Date Created
2/13/2006
Date Modified
3/21/2006
Extent
16 x 23 cm.
Medium
Envelopes
Collection
Citation
Hamann, V., “Mail art no. 61,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/571.