Scope and Contents Large artist-made postcard (24 x 19 cm). Collage of magazine cutours of cars, cheese, and classical religious art. Laminated in ribbed plastic in geometric pattern. Rubber stamps in black ink on reverse: "FAKE", "MIRAGE", "MY ART BELONGS TO DADA", "MAIL ART", "DADA IS A NICE WORD FOR ANARCHY", neo-dada design of cow divided into different sections with names of neo-dada mail artists. Artist stamp depicting Buster Cleveland with Andy Warhol, and Guglielmo Achille Cavellini. Birth and death...

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Print of stylized eyes and nose in black ink. Print of stylized lips in red ink. "Clowsing [sic?] my eyes." handwritten in pencil.

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Postcard depicting display of artwork by Ryosuke Cohen on the side of a truck.

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Japanese characters, "C" letters, and numbers "0.5", "0.6", "0.7", "0.8", "0.9", and "1.0" in black ink. "C" letters in yellow, red, and green ink. Paper strip with various colored stipes glued to card. "KEEP 9' OFF" handwritten in pencil.

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"C" letter and number "0.1" in red ink. "C" letter and number "0.2" in black ink. Japanese character and "C" letters in green ink. "C" letter in yellow ink. "KEEP 12' OFF" handwritten in pencil.

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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black in on reverse: request for materials for an international mail art exhibition. Poster enclosed. AU Press (see Folder: 911-3). Advertisements for mail art events and projects, other art events, and documentation of artworks exhibited by Ryosuke Cohen.

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Yellow print of signage, with "COHEN STATION" written in black ink. Japanese characters in black ink. Numbers "0.9", "1.0", "1.2", "1.5", and "2.0" in red, green, blue, and black ink. Request for materials for an international mail art exhibition in Osaka.

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Print of "C" letters, silhouettes of mail, female, and child figures, and numbers "0.2", "0.3", and "0.4" in various colors (red, green, blue, black). Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address.

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Print of "C" letters, Japanese characters, and numbers "0.5", "0.6", "0.7", "0.8", and "0.9" in various colors (red, green, blue, yellow, black). Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address.

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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in red ink: "C" lettering design with "POSITIVE EYE", "KEEP 5M OFF", and "R. COHEN 0.2". Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Paper clipping with "C" lettering design and Japanese character in tan ink glued to cover on reverse. Postern enclosed. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, "MAIL ART CAMPAIGN IN JAPAN".

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Print of Japanese woodcut-style image depicting a scribe. Green ink with traces of blue, orange, and red. Rubber stamps in black ink: "R. Cohen - 1.0", sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: "ceLL". Artist stamp depicting a sumo wrestler. Paper clipping with print of Japanese lantern in red and black ink glued onto card.

Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with artist stamp in red and tan ink depicting a figure in traditional Japanese dress. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Paper clipping with rubber stamp in blue and red ink glued to cover: circular design with mushroom cloud silhouette, "NO MORE HIROSHIMA", and "RYOSUKE COHEN". Paper clipping with rubber stamp in blue ink glued to cover: "PRINTED MATTER ONLY". US letter sheet enclosed. Sheet covered in various rubber stamps in...

Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, "BRAIN CELL RYOSUKE COHEN" logo. Rubber stamp in yellow ink: "ceLL". Rubber stamp in green ink: "PRINTED MATTER ONLY". Rubber stamp in blue and red ink: circular design with mushroom cloud silhouette, "NO MORE HIROSHIMA", and "RYOSUKE COHEN". Rubber stamp in purple and orange ink: cartoon sumo wrestler. Typewritten call for "seal or stamp" art for ...

Scope and Contents Print of primitive mechanical flying machine in tan ink. Print of American football player in blue ink. Print of terracotta warrior in green ink. Print of horse sculpture in red ink. "C" lettering in black, yellow, red, and orange ink. Japanese characters in black and orange ink. Numbers "0.5" and "0.8" in black ink. Letter "C" and Japanese characters in black ink on paper strip glued to card. Rubber stamp in red ink: "C" lettering design with "POSITIVE EYE", "KEEP 5M OFF", and "R. COHEN...

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Tessellated pattern of cartoon and grotesque silhouettes with text in English and French. An occult take on Christmas. Inscribed in black ink: "dear vagrich and irene, best wishes in this holiday season..." No cover included.

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Half-Letter saddle-stapled booklet. DE AUMS WARBLE, STAMP ACT II, 12 pages, edition of 200. Grids of silhouette art, possibly inspired by primitivist designs or Japanese woodcut. 8 frames per page with text. Inscribed inside back cover: "dear vagrich, hope to hear your voice again in MC:5...here's a piece of visual music, best spring wishes to you and irene, david". 

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Collage of silhouette art by artist. Rubber stamp in purple ink: "MAIL ART". Rubber stamp in pink ink: "UTTERLY" and "ZAP". Rubber stamp in purple and blue ink: primitivist design. Rubber stamp in green and blue ink: "DADA". Drawing of stylized eye in black ink. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his contribution to MC:7. This issue is not found in Bakhchanyan's collection (but see Folder: 922-4).

Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "TIME", and geometric hand design. Rubber stamp in blue and black ink: "ETERNAL DADA". Rubber stamp in red, green, blue, and yellow ink: tropical landscape. Rubber stamp in green ink: "SEED". Rubber stamp in purple ink: "MAIL ART". Rubber stamps in red, green, and blue ink: circular checkerboard design. Hand-drawn yin-yang and face in black ink. Magazine cutout of classical nude painting, and text "growing by leaps" glued to cover. US Legal...

Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black ink of large stripe of wavy lines immitating official postage cancelation stamp. Stipe wraps around front and reverse of cover. Rubber stamp in red ink: square design with "NADART" (Say: Not Art). Rubber stamp in blue ink: circular design with "HAND PAINTED AT NFMOA" (Nada Farm Museum of Archetypes). US Half Letter saddle-stitched booklet enclosed. Shumbu issue #1, covering the "Nothing Doing Mail art...

Scope and Contents Commercial museum postcard depicting The Fish Pedler by Arnold Genthe. Yellow tape with text over photograph: "THIS MAIL ART GUARANTEED UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS TENSETENDONED WE ABSORB". Rubber stamps in green ink: circular graph design. Rubber stamp in brown ink: Royal Seal with text "By Appointment TO HM QUEEN ELIZABETH MAIL ARTIST". Border in green marker and silver pen. Inscription informs Backchanyan that his copy of ...

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Invitation to contribute to a forthcoming issue of TENSETENDONED (see Folder: 928). Rubber stamp in pink ink: rectangle design with "Networker". Rubber stamps in green ink: "WE SERVER WE ABSORB". Rubber stamps in blue ink: running postman, and "RUSH". Hand-written inscription around border of postcard in gold metallic ink.

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Print depicting a child possibly in boy scouts uniform, possibly weaing a (gas) mask. Rubber stamps in purple ink: "MAIL ART", "CRACKER JACK KID", and sender's return address. Rubber stamp in black ink: bust of the same figure depicted on front.

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Collage print of masked head and hands holding microphone. Adhesive sticker with "A WRONG NUMBER WILL CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE" in blue ink, positioned like a name tag. Rubber stamps in purple ink: "CRACKER JACK KID", same head as depicted on front (see also Folder: 632), square design with carton figures walking together and the letter "j", and sender's return address. 

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Collage print of head in ocean. Rubber stamps in black ink: "CRACKER JACK KID", oval design with horse and "PONY EXPRESS MAIL ART ROUTE", sender's return address. Rubber tamp in red ink: "PONY EXPRESS MAIL ART ROUTE". Arrows drawn in black marker. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his "high school mail art entry" (see Folder: 936).

Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: Santa Claus, "merry christmas", cartoon santa in sleigh with reindeer, oval design with horse and "PONY EXPRESS MAIL ART ROUTE", mistletoe, sender's return address, snow flakes. Greeting card enclosed. Pink hand-made paper. Snow flake rubber stamps in red ink. Cream hand-made paper label glued to front. Rubber stamp in red ink: "Merry Yuletide" with dancing figures. Inscription wishes Bakhchanyan a "creative New Year", and thanks him for a...

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Advertisement for "THIRD NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL POSTAL ART EXHIBIT" (see Folder: 936). Rubber stamps in black ink: "This postal art piece is not complete until postmarked and sent through the mail network.", cartoon figures walking together. Rubber stamps in red ink: milestone, man in suit with hand up, "JOB PHONED IN". Inscriptions ask Bakhchanyan about a technique used.

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Print of ghostly stretched faces in black ink. Rubber stamps in blak ink: "CRACKER JACK KID", "MATERIAL METAMORPHOSIS" logo (circular design with bird and postage cancelled wave as motion lines), sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: "MATERIAL METAMORPHOSIS". Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for contribution to Common Press 47 (see Folder: 915).

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Collage print of head in ocean. Rubber stamps in black ink:"EVIDENCE OF TRANSTITION", "MATERIAL METAMORPHOSIS" logo (circular design with bird and postage cancelled wave as motion lines), sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: "MATERIAL METAMORPHOSIS". Inscription informs Bakhchanyan that his copy of Commonpress 47 (see Folder: 915) will be sent out in January 1982.

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US Half Letter sheet. Prints of ghostly hooded figure with hands around a lit candle in black ink, one in positive exposure, the other inverted. Rubber stamps in red ink: "EVIDENCE OF TRANSITION". Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Strip of tape across prints with inscription "Lift and tear while you make a mail art resoltion for the New Year" in black ink.

Scope and Contents Rubber stamps in black ink: "Commonpress", "MATERIAL METAMORPHOSIS" logo (circular design with bird and postage cancelled wave as motion lines), "Material Metamorphosis", sender's return address. Instructions for mail artists to send 2 square feet of cotton clothing they have worn. Clothing with be turned into envelopes and paper for an issue of mail art project Commonpress. No date, item separated from cover. Deadline listed as...