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Mail Art: Happy Young People Enterprises (H.Y.P.E.) [J.P. Jacob], New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, CIRCA 1983 March 9

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 725
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-725

Scope and Contents

POSTHYPE "N.2"(?). Issue and address plate printed on the reverse of a sheet of artist stamps by Carlo Pittore (see Folder: 808-10). Mail art news and calls for participation. Rubber stamps in red ink: portrait of two men (possibly Jacob and Pittore), "MAIL ART-PLEASE HANDLE". Rubber stamp in black ink: "PITTORE & HYPE 83". Rubber stamp in blue ink: cartoon handshake. Sheet enclosed. Handwritten letter from Jacob inviting Bakhchanyan to participate in a project using photographs of mail artists at their mail boxes. Typewritten instructions on reverse. Stamp sheet was folded around enclosed sheet and stapled closed.

Dates

  • Creation: CIRCA 1983 March 9

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Language of Materials

English

Russian

Physical Description

1 sheet with integral address plate; 1 enclosure

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository

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