Mail Art: Martina and Steffen Giersch, Dresden, East Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 December 14
Scope and Contents
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in red ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in green ink: bicycle. Rubber stamp in blue ink: "2". Postcard enclosed. Two postcards sewn together with red thread. Torn newsprint sewn on front. Doctored photograph of a headless body and head wrapped in newspaper on front, photograph of the Giersches working in a derelict building on reverse. Rubber stamps in red ink: "Mail-Art-Studio", sender's return address, "P.F. Please write me", "82", "Auch 1982 nicht den Kopf verlieren" (don't lose your head in 1982). Signed by artists in blue ink.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1981 December 14
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Language of Materials
English
Russian
Physical Description
1 cover; 1 enclosure
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository