Mail art no. 91

Mail art

Two-sided piece. Paper with printed plastic overlay with tape, and paper pieces. U.S. postage stamp affixed.

A modified postcard featuring collage and handwritten elements. The front shows a color image of a man beside a fruit-bearing navel orange tree with superimposed text reading “PRESS TAIL SHARPLY & WATCH THEM JUMP! PRACTICE YOUR AIM!” A large stylized white insect graphic is centered over the tree, and three bright pink cutout shapes, including a shoe silhouette, appear along the bottom. The caption at the top reads “A Navel Orange Tree.” The reverse side contains mailing information and decorated handwriting addressed to “John M. Bennett, 137 Leland, Columbus, Ohio 43214.” The sender’s return address label in the upper left reads “‘A maggot-factory!’ 1026 NW 20th #38, Portland, Or. 97209.” The card bears a 15-cent Buffalo Bill Cody stamp and printed text at the bottom margin, “On the Road of a Thousand Wonders. Pub. by The O. Newman Company, Los Angeles, San Francisco.”

Maggot-Factory

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

1989

Basinski, Michael

Recipient: Bennett, John M.

Bennett, John M.

Postcards

Image

Still image

Text

Mail Art John M. Bennett Box #1

MA0091

LIB-PC001

2/24/2006

5/30/2006

9 x 14 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)

Plastic

Tape