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Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 785
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-785

Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: return address at the "Gesamthochschule Kassel" (University of Kassel). Top-right corner of cover including postage stamps has been cut out. Small card enclosed. Jigsaw puzzle piece glued to card with text: "This is one piece of the eternal Puzzle." Numbered "146". 4 1/4"x5 1/2" inch sheet enclosed. Translucent paper. Rubber stamps in blue ink: return addresses. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for a book he sent. Postcard-sized sheet enclosed. "81derful". Postcard enclosed. Red ink print of a line of silhouette elephants holding trunks to tails with text "TIERPARK BERLIN" and "PARADIES DER TIERE" (Berlin Zoo, animal paradise). Rubber stamp in blue ink on reverse: "Original Olbrich". Rubber stamp in red ink: circular design with "MAILART", "POSTKUNTS", and "INTERNATIONAL*". Bifolium card enclosed. Metalic foil square glued inside with text "vergehen von hören und sehen" (you don't know what hit you, idiom). Advertisement for exhibition at Kassel art space run by Olbrich.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Language of Materials

English

Russian

Physical Description

1 cover; 4 enclosures

Repository Details

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

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