Mail art no. 8

Mail art

Two-sided piece made of board with multi-color paper overlay. U.S. postage stamp affixed to back.

These three images show different views of a mail art object titled *Buckskin Charley*. The front features a collage of a cowboy aiming a revolver, accented with silver highlights and the title in red script. The back resembles carved wood with the recipient’s name, address, and a 20¢ Barrymore stamp, indicating it was mailed. The spine continues the wooden texture, completing the illusion of a carved wooden block. Together, the images convey a rustic, tactile aesthetic that blends printmaking, collage, and postal art.

Ficus Strangulensis

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

[1980-1989?]

Basinski, Michael

Recipient: Graham, Daniel Mark

Sticker Dude

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.

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Mail Art Sticker Dude Box #1

MA0008

LIB-PC001

2/24/2006

5/30/2006

13 x 21 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)