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Box 9

 Container

Contains 226 Results:

Mail Art: Minimal Volumes, Northampton, Massachusetts to Irene Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 July 9

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 762
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-762
Scope and Contents

Photocopied collage of alien character from retro science fiction film, Goodyear tyre, a globe, a man in the fetal position inside an egg shape, checkerboard background. Rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, vultures, spiral design. Handwritten inscriptions in black ink: "MORE RING AROUND COLLAR...", "EthERiC - FORMATIVE ...", "MORE FUN iN USA", and "RESiST ELECTRiC CURRENCY". Note: this card is addressed to Irene Bakhchanyan, not Vagrich.

Dates: circa 1981 July 9

Mail Art: Minoy, Redondo Beach, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 October 28

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 763
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-763
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Card colored in blue marker, triangular scrap of black paper taped on top. Lines in metallic bronze marker. Rubber stamps in black ink: "MINOY" in mirrored lettering, and "ART". Address plate set out in black crayon. Yellow crayon scrawling in background.

Dates: circa 1982 October 28

Mail Art: Henning Mittendorf, Frankfurt, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 February 21

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 764
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-764
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. A4 sheet enclosed. Rubber stamp in red ink: circular seal design with rampant creature at center, "IF STILL ALIVE EXPRESS IT TO ME", and sender's return address. Rubber stamps in black ink: laughing skeletons with arms behind backs, headless figure seated in robes, guillotine. Inscription to Bakhchanyan mentions 2 other enclosed sheets to "interfere" with: 1 to return to Mittendorf, and 1 to pass on to a friend.

Dates: circa 1984 February 21

Mail Art: Henning Mittendorf, Frankfurt, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 May 8

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 766
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-766
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: circular seal design with pigs at center, "HEMI" (HEnning MIttendorf), "50 BIRTHDAY 50", "3.3.38", and "3.3.88". Rubber stamp in green ink: circular seal design with ship on sea against starry sky at center, and "WHERE LEADS THE VOYAGE . . .". Rubber stamps in blue ink: "AS LONG AS LIFE CONTINUES I AM ADDICTED TO pARTners' CORRESPONDING EXPRESSIONS ON THE ENCLOSED SHEET. PLEASE INTERFERE (ONCE MORE) OR PASS ON! THANKS!", and sender's return...
Dates: circa 1987 May 8

Mail Art: Nada Post, San Diego, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 772
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-772
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Yellow paper slip. Invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition with the theme "TOURIST POST CARDS". No cover, no postal markings.

Dates: undated

Mail Art: Henning Mittendorf, Frankfurt, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1989 January 27

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 767
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-767
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple, pink, and blue ink: heart design with sprocket edges, "HEMIPOST" (HEnning MIttendorg), and "MAIL ART MAKES MAN". Rubber stamp in blue ink: sender's return address. Paper slip with typewritten X's placed over envelope flap, torn by Bakhchanyan to open. A4 sheet enclosed. Poster for a mail art exhibition organised by Mittendorf. Includes list of participants in handwritten style. A4 sheet enclosed. Rubber stamps in red and green ink: "HAPPY NEW...
Dates: circa 1989 January 27

Mail Art: Robert C. Morgan, Wichita, Kansas to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 27

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 768
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-768
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Collage of swimming woman with "ARC" and "CURVE". Rubber stamp in brown ink: "THE FLUTTER KICK". Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for the books he sent.

Dates: circa 1980 September 27

Mail Art: Nada Post, San Diego, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983 July 11

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 769
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-769
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in green ink: circular design with sketch of hand holding a fountain pen at center, and "WRITE - NOT ANSWERING MY MAIL CAN BE HAZARDOUS"; pointing hand with "YOU OPEN CAREFULLY! The use of a knife or blade may damage the luxurious item within." Rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, carton hand with "AQUÍ", "POST/ARTE", scissors. US Letter sheet enclosed. Poster for a mail art exhibition organised by Nada Post. Includes typewritten list of...
Dates: circa 1983 July 11

Mail Art: Nada Post, San Diego, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 770
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-770
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Photograph of the E.L. Cortez building in San Diego. Rubber stamps in red ink: sender's return address, circular design with "X" at center and "ARTE FLUXION POSTAL TARJETA".

Dates: circa 1983

Mail Art: New York Correspondance School, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1980

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 774
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-774
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US Legal sheet. Flyer for "The Second New York Correspondance School Dinner" at Paul's Cafe on December 29th. Decorated with Ray Johnson "bunny" drawing for each invited guest. Andy Warhol on guest list.

Dates: 1980

Mail Art: New York Correspondance School, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 February 18

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 775
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-775
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Plain cover. US Letter sheet enclosed. Invitation for Bakhchanyan to the "THIRD NEW YORK CORRESPONDANCE DINNER" at De Lanza's Italian Restaurant on February 28th. List of invited artists. Photocopied collage of classical art on reverse. Notable other guests include Charles Bernstein, and Thomas Pynchon.

Dates: circa 1982 February 18

Mail Art: New York Correspondance School, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1982

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 776
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-776
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Flyer for 3rd New York Correspondance School Dinner (see Folder: 775). Perforated stamp sheet design with collaged images and rubber stamps. No cover or postal markings.

Dates: 1982

Mail Art: Norman Conquest, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 March 21

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 777
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-777
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in blue ink: "THE CONQUEST ARCHIVES" with geometric border, multiple stamps arranged to spell "NC" (Norman Conquest). Paper sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of face in profile with repeated typewritten words "LETTER" and "BOMB". Invitation to contribute to LETTER BOMB magazine, "AN INTERNATIONAL 'PATAZINE OF THE ARTS", special issue (vol. 58, no 12) on the theme "mail...
Dates: circa 1986 March 21

Mail Art: Norman Conquest, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 April 2

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 778
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-778
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with photocopied collage label of a portrait on dotted background, and "NORMAN CONQUEST" rubber stamped in black ink on forehead. Paper square with "NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF NOT MAILED" glued below postage stamps. Borders drawn in red and blue marker. "FIRST CLASS" handwritten in large lettering in blue marker. Rubber stamp in blue in on reverse: "THE CONQUEST ARCHIVES" with geometric border. 2 US Letter sheets enclosed. Photocopied...
Dates: circa 1986 April 2

Mail Art: Norman Conquest, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 April 2

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 779
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-779
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: sender's return address, "HAND STAMP ONLY', "FIRST CLASS MAIL". US Letter sized stapled booklet enclosed. Babby Boom Interim Pamphlet #9.

Dates: circa 1986 April 2

Mail Art: Shinoh Nodera, Tokyo, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 January 11

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 780
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-780
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in green ink: rectangular label design with "shinOH!NOdera" and "PLEASE GIVE ME MONEY. I AM VERY HUNGRY 1986". Mail art handwritten on reverse in black ink. 6"x4" sheet enclosed. Textured paper, print of domestic scene, bird, and Japanese characters in red ink. A4 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of fly over repeated 8-bit sprite image of Marilyn Monroe with dress blowing up. Repeated block of Japanese text with "!?" shaded in background on reverse.

Dates: circa 1986 January 11