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Mail Art: Alex Igloo, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 December 8

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 731
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-732

Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with gold metallic paint. Rubber stamp in black ink: "FRED C. DOBBS MEMORIAL ENVELOPE". Rubber stamps in blue ink: "HOT DOG, YOU BET!" and "THE HAYLEY MILLS CLUB OF OBSESSIONS". Rubber stamp in red ink: "Alex TorridZone Igloo". Rubber stamp in brown ink: sender's return address. US Letter sheet enclosed. Yellow paper, photocopied collage of photographs, text, and diagram elements pertaining to the film Tiger Bay (1959) starring Hayley Mills alongside John Mills and Horst Buchholz. US Letter sheet enclosed. Blue paper, photocopied collage of phalli and faces. US Letter sheet enclosed. Pink paper, "OPEN LETTER TO BRYAN FERRY" from "Kris TigerLady". Paper slip enclosed. Photocopied collage of burned paper and text: "SMEGMA the magazine", "NUMBER FOUR" (title of this mail art project?). Paper slip enclosed. Collage of text clipping on neurosis with photograph of a woman with her hand over a man's face.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1980 December 8

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Language of Materials

English

Russian

Physical Description

1 cover; 5 enclosures

Repository Details

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

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