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Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 803
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-803

Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamps in red ink: square design with "Mail Art Action Marx-Test", "DO NOT FOLD/NICHT FALTEN/NO DOBLEQUE". Silver label in circular seal design with Karl Marx's hair and facial hair shape: "stamp to create a marxist". Gold label with circular seal design, embossed: "BY PERNECZKY WITH ONE'S OWN HAND". A4 stapled booklet enclosed. Documents the "MARX TEST" project, where Perneczky made circular stamp designs of Karl Marx's hair and facial hair shape with a gap in the face, allowing artists to insert other material to stamp to create a marxist". No date (CDS too faint).

Dates

  • Creation: undated

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

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