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Box 9

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Contains 226 Results:

Mail Art: E.F. Higgins III, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 February 18

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 729
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-729
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, interlocking blocks design, "STAMP ART". Custom circular date stamp (CDS) dated February 15 1982 with winged nut, bugle, and "DOO-DA POCHTA". Artist stamps in triangular designs. US Letter sheet enclosed. Color photocopied collage of text, maps, graphs, and images. "DOO DA POSTAGE WORKS", "MAIL ART BY E.F. HIGGINS III". Inscribed to Bakhchanyan.

Dates: circa 1982 February 18

Mail Art: Dirk Hine, Bloomington, Indiana to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 October 19

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 730
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-730
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Man with index finger raised an energy radiating from its tip. Recipient's address handwritten in silver metallic marker with purple outline.

Dates: circa 1984 October 19

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...
Dates: circa 1980 December 8

Mail Art: Alex Igloo, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 732
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-733
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Ring-bound calendar for 1982. 13 cards (1 per month plus cover). Collage of text and images. Birth dates for artists and significant historical figures for each month listed. No cover, sender's return address rubber stamped in black ink on reverse of last card.

Dates: undated

Mail Art: Kasumi Iizumi, Tokyo, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 August 6

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 733
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-734
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Collage of photograph with blue and white geometric design. "A MOVING SCULPTURE" handwritten in blue ink. Rubber stamp in blue ink: "MAIL ART '85". Rubber stamp in red ink: Japanese characters, sailboat. Rubber stamps in black ink: cats. Rubber stamp in red, blue, and green ink: "AIRMAIL". Artist stamp depicting flowers(?). Adhesive sticker depicting a cat dressed in gothic lolita style.

Dates: circa 1985 August 6

Mail Art: Kasumi Iizumi, Tokyo, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1988 September 21

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 734
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-735
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In place of envelope artist has used a band of transparent paper to seal enclosure. Collage of photographs of a buildings, and a posed figure in white costume with speech bubble: "This is a chain Letter Please going" [sic]. Rubber stamps in red and blue ink: lips and hearts. A4 sheet enclosed. Chain letter.

Dates: circa 1988 September 21

Mail Art: Inkwhizative, unknown location to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 June 7

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 735
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-736
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Cover ornamented with collage newspaper clippings: woman wearing a corset, and a cartoon of a warehouse floor. Rubber stamps in blue ink: "INKWHIZATIVE", primitivist portrait design, "PI TH". No enclosures.

Dates: circa 1985 June 7

Mail Art: David Jarvis, London, England to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 June 23

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 736
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-737
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, "-"Robert Quercus", a mail art book from AARD PRESS LONDON 1982". "PRINTED MATTER ONLY (BOOKLET" handwritten in pink ink. 1 saddle-stapled booklet enclosed. 22 pages. "ROBERT QUERCUS~a 90th birthday tribute", "International Mailart & Poetry". Notable contributors: Bakhchanyan, Vittore Baroni (see Folder: 562), Mark Bloch (see Folder: 570-1), Cracker Jack Kid (see Folder: 632-42), Robin Crozier (see Folder: 643-4),...
Dates: circa 1982 June 23

Mail Art: Jes Archives, San Francisco, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 737
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-737.5
Scope and Contents Pop art/8-bit design of woman with blonde hair on diamond-dotted background. "JES ARCHIVES", with PO Box addresses in San Francisco and Orleans, Vermont. Rubber stamps in green ink: bottles, beer steins, and delivery trucks with "WE DELIVER BEER / A BOTTLE OR A TRUCKLOAD". Rubber stamp in blue ink: man in hat and sunglasses with "Rock'n Roll!". Rubber stamp in brown ink: "LLOYD PRODUCTIONS" with PO Box address in San Francisco (not the same as on...
Dates: undated

Mail Art: George Keushgerian, Pico Rivera, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 March 20

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 738
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-738
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: clown(?), hot-air balloon, scissors. Postcard enclosed. Photocopied collage of silhouette drawings of Los Angeles City Hall, the Los Angeles skyline, and another building (presumably alos in LA). "LA's structures" written in blue pen on reverse. Same rubber stamps as used on cover in black ink. Paper slip enclosed. Scrap of lined writing paper: "PLEASE REPLY".

Dates: circa 1981 March 20

Mail Art: Yuji Kikutake, Tokyo, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 January 26

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 739
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-739
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1987 commemmorative postcard from the People's Republic of China(?). Rubber stamp in red ink: Mao Zedong.

Dates: circa 1987 January 26

Mail Art: Peter Küstermann, Naples, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 October 18

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 742
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-742
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Blank A4 perforated sheet of postage stamps folded into a cover. Ornamented with various rubber stamps in red, green, blue, and black ink. A4 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of various rubber stamps printed in black ink on a blank perforated sheet of postage stamps. Work produced during a visit to Italy at the "Naples Workshop October 18, 1986".

Dates: circa 1986 October 18

Mail Art: Peter Küstermann, Naples, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 October 18

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 743
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-743
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: "first day of issue ersttagsbrief", "I3M.A.". Rubber stamp in green ink: "porto-edition no", postage stamp design with cartoon profile. A4 sheet. enclosed. Invitation to participate in mail art workshops in the USA in summer 1987. A4 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of text, images, and rubber stamps, promoting "art on the move" "tourism" mail art project. A4 sheet enclosed. Text by...
Dates: circa 1986 October 18

Mail Art: Anna Langella, Genoa, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983 December 28

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 744
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-744
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Black and white photograph of a woman. Red and green markers used to color white dress, black marker used to excentuate eyebrows and add beauty spot, pink marker used to add blush to cheeks, red marker used to color lips. Inscription in Italian borders photograph in black ink. Rubber stamps in teal ink: circular design with "MAIL ART - GIOCARE", and sender's return address.

Dates: circa 1983 December 28

Mail Art: Jean-Noël Laszlo, Toulon, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1992 May 16

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 746
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-746
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Photograph by Cuchi White of storage at the Chateau de Compiègne. Inscription in French to Bakhchanyan on reverse.

Dates: 1992 May 16

Mail Art: Ron Litz, Mill Valley, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, CIRCA 1986 January 19

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 747
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-747
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in yellow ink: image of rubber stamp with text "FIRST CLASS". Rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. Typewritten inscription in black ink on reverse: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." US Letter sheet enclosed. Letter urging participation in a "multi-level marketing" program, likely a pyramid scheme (letterhead reads "J.C. Allord"). US Legal sheet enclosed. Letter from one "Andy...
Dates: CIRCA 1986 January 19

Mail Art: Serse Luigetti, Perugia, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 September 30

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 748
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-748
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Rubber stamps in black ink: diagram of fan from a combustion engine, foundry type of Italian text, 5 men standing side-by-side. Rubber stamps in red ink: "PAPER", "hello", "keep in touch", and rectangular design with diagonal lines. Rubber stamps in green ink: "FOUnD EnVIROnMENT", and sender's return address.

Dates: circa 1982 September 30

Mail Art: Serse Luigetti, Perugia, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 October 26

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 749
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-749
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in green ink: silhouettes of figures standing side by side, large full stops and commas, logo for "SYNTH-MATIC productions & FUTURE an-ARCHIVES". Rubber stamps in purple ink: sender's return address, and "PAPER". Rubber stams in red ink: "STAMPE", "VIA AEREA". A4 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of 8x9 grid of artist stamps, each with text "POST-POST" on the design. A4 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of newspaper image and text clippings in...
Dates: circa 1984 October 26

Mail Art: LUPUS, Chicago, Illinois to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, CIRCA 1980 December 15

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 750
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-750
Scope and Contents Cover from the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St Louis, Missouri. Cover ornamented with fingerprint in green paint. Rubber stamp in brown ink: sketch of flamingo. Additional Christmas themed postage stamps from the American Lung Association featuring different states on reverse. "Please NOTE pretty stamps" handwritten in blue ink. US Letter sheet enclosed. Collage of one dollar bills with chickens instead of Washington's portrait, flower doodles, and address for an auto associate store in...
Dates: CIRCA 1980 December 15

Mail Art: Madam X, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 July 12

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 751
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-751
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "Madam X" in cursive font with large curl on "X", and sender's return address. Bifolium enclosed. "Madam X's Gazet". Mock newspaper with occult themed articles regarding the "sphere of time".

Dates: circa 1981 July 12

Mail Art: Madam X, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 March 23

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 752
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-752
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "Madam X" in cursive font with large curl on "X", and sender's return address. Bifolium enclosed. "Madam X's Gazet", #25. Mock newspaper with ironic articles and advertisements

Dates: circa 1985 March 23

Mail Art: Kamill Major, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983 March 31

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 753
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-753
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Brown paper cover. Postcard enclosed. Black card with objects taped to surface: paper clipping with "Happy Easter Holidays" in various languages (Hungarian, German, English, and Russian), Hungarian postage and part of address plate torn from a postcard, small twig/stalk, hard candy (disintegrating, but was probably a red and white peppermint swirl).

Dates: circa 1983 March 31

Mail Art: Shyouko Matsushita, Tokyo, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 September 4

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 754
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-754
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Interior of self-mailer decorated with chaotic streams of typewriter letters, numbers, and punctuation in black and red ink. Certain characters are highlighted in pink or yellow, and have numbers handwritten below them in blue or red ink.

Dates: circa 1984 September 4

Mail Art: Gincarlo Martina, Codroipo, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 November 19

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 755
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-755
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "STAMPE", and sender's return address. "SURFACE VIA MARE" (surface by sea) handwritten in blue marker. Postcard enclosed. Blue card with map of Poland and "TRAX of POLAND" in bold text. Invitation to participate in a mail art project.

Dates: circa 1982 November 19

Mail Art: Radomir Másic, Kula, Yugoslavia to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 April 16

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 756
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-756
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"dixi" in large bold type in black ink.

Dates: circa 1981 April 16

Mail Art: Metallic Avau [Violetta Wynants, Aerosol], Bussells, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, CIRCA 1982 April 13

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 757
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-757
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: diagram of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, rectangle design with arrows. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address for "AEROSOL". Large circular adhesive sticker seals across envelope flap on reverse, bars of color corresponding to Italian flag, advertising an exhibition for (Guglielmo Achille) Cavellini at the "PALAZZO DUCALE" (Doge's Palace) in Venice. Speculative death date of 1914-2014 implies he lives for exactly...
Dates: CIRCA 1982 April 13

Mail Art: Metallic Avau [Violetta Wynants, Aerosol], Bussells, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 December 19

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 758
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-758
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Photograph of a man standing amongst trash in front of graffiti on a wall. Rubber stamps in red ink: diagram of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, cartoon handshake. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his "graffiti photograph", and expresses a desire to meet him next year in New York City.

Dates: circa 1982 December 19

Mail Art: Metallic Avau [Violetta Wynants, Aerosol], Bussells, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 December 19

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 759
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-759
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: "RTB F" logo (purpose unknown, design also on enclosure), and "IMPRIMES". Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. A4 sheet enclosed. Invitation to contribute to a mail art "mural" on the theme "COMMUNICATIONS" (see Folder: 971).

Dates: circa 1982 December 19

Mail Art: Metallic Avau [Violetta Wynants, Aerosol], Bussells, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 760
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-760
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Photograph of a man standing amongst trash in front of graffiti on a wall. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: cartoon handshake. Hand-written inscription in blue ink. No postage stamps or postal markers, no cover.

Dates: undated

Mail Art: Roger Miller, Boston, Massachusetts to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1982 March 17

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 761
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-761
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Blank cover, no address plate, postage stamps, or postal markings. 1 sheet enclosed. Folded, sender's address on both exterior and interior. Inscription mentions that "slightly more than 100 envelope-able cards" are included for a project by Bakhchanyan. 4 cards enclosed. Advertising an EP titled "BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC", sketch of pterodactly. Different colored recycled card (2 cream, 1 brown, 1 purple). Possibly leftovers after Bakhchanyan used others for his project.

Dates: 1982 March 17