Box 10

Postcard with photograph depicting indigenous residents of Ellesmere Island (Northwest Territories, Canada), dated June 17 1980. Advertisement for an exhibtion of works by the artist at a gallery in Chicago. No postage stamps or postal markings.

Commercial cover from American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Non-Profit mailed to Plunkett. Reverse of cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: skeletons, lungs, woman with a false nose, cartoon policeman, comic strip, and "THEMATIC APPERCEPTION". Enclosures: letter from director of AARP, mail order form for membership, business reply mail envelope. No additional postage stamps or postage markings to indicate how it was passed on to Bakhchanyan.

Texas flag design drawn on white card with red and blue marker. Gold star adhesive sticker placed in blue portion. Crude cutout in the shape of Texas' landmass glued to red portion. Magazine cutouts of text "It's not easy being No. 1" and a cow glued to card. Hand-drawn stamp design with stylised Texas flag and "sesquicentenial"[sic] in red and blue marker. Invitation to participate in a high school mail art show celebrating the 150th anniversary of Texas.

Reorder card painted with sharp curved strokes in red, blue, teal, and black paint. Yellow spraypaint in center with text "PEART" in black pen. Invitation to participate in a mail art show on the theme of "Celebrating Bad Taste in American Society". No CDS.

Plain card decorated in colored marker line art. Rubber stamp in purple ink: Da Vinci's Vetruvian Man. Rubber stamp in red ink: sender's return address. Addressed to Irene Bakhchanyan, not Vagrich.

Plain card ornamented with various colored marker stripes and spots, large grain white glitter, and a small lenticular image of a jockey riding a horse. Rubber stamp in purple ink: clown face with neck ruffle. Rubber stamps in red ink: cancel symbol over clown face, and sender's return address. Rubber stamp in green ink: "MAIL ART".

Commercial Christmas pattern card with collaged magazine cutout of figure dressed similar to Santa Clause (blue robe, not red). Rubber stamp in red ink: Christmas stocking with presents. Rubber stamp in blue ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in purple ink: cartoon pointing hand. "MERRY CHRISTMAS" handwritten in silver metallic marker. Signed "i.g.h.".

Purple grid card, ornamented with artist stamps depicting the original costume of The Flash (winged helmet, not full-body suit). Rubber stamp in purple ink: ribbon banner design with "POST CARD". Rubber stamps in black ink: checkerboard design in 3D perspective, image of the globe. "E.ART.H" written above stamp of the globe in red marker. "DOODA STAMPS BY E.F.HIGGINS III" handwritten in red ink. Curved border drawn around recipient's address in silver metallic marker.

Plain card ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: scallop sea shells in triangle formation. Colored marker stripes over shells. Rubber stamps in purple ink: "PRIVATE WORLD", winged ribbon banner design with "POST CARD". "HOMMAGE TO THE SHELL" handwritten on reverse in black ink.

Plain card ornamented with various rubber stamps in various colors: postage stamp design with Duchamp scukpture, television, electric guitar, leaves, "PRIVATE WORLD", waves, "LOP LOP", ribbon banner design with "POST CARD", and dartboard pattern. Dartboard pattern forms a halo behind US postage stamp depicting Sinclair Lewis. Invitation to participate in an international mail art show in Austria.

US Letter sheet. Invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition in Philadelphia: "SEND ANY CONTAINER OF RAIN". Photocopied collage of woman with an umbrella, holding an icosahedral globe under her arm and text: "LEAVE A JAR OUTSIDE", "when it rains". Hand-written inscription to Bakhchanyan on reverse in blue pen. No cover, address plate, postage stamps, or postal markings.

Three US Letter sheets. Photocopied collages featuring chain letters. One sheet has a a handwritten inscription on reverse: "Saw your name in Brain Cell".

Photograph of a man sitting on a couch. Rubber stamps in red ink: "After the dancing lesson i got hot feet" on front, and "DANISH MAIL ART" on reverse. Rubber stamp in black ink: "authorized vaccinator" seal of "THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DENMARK". Invitation to contribute to Commonpress #48, curated by Schmidt-Olsen (see Folder: 916).

Commercial envelope from the Small Press Communication Archive, run by Schraenen at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC). Rubber stamp in red ink: "aquí" with cartoon pointing hand. Rubber stamp in blue ink: chevron design with envelope, placed over ICC logo. A4 sheet enclosed. Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "U.S.A.-Electro-Copy-Art".

Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: "BOOK AS ARTWORK". Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "Artists' books, object books, etc., etc., artists' publications, magazines, records, documents, etc., etc., from 1965 to 1988".

Plain card ornamented with various rubber stamps in various colors: postage stamp design with Duchamp scukpture, television, electric guitar, leaves, "PRIVATE WORLD", waves, "LOP LOP", ribbon banner design with "POST CARD", and dartboard pattern. Dartboard pattern forms a halo behind US postage stamp depicting Sinclair Lewis. Invitation to participate in an international mail art show in Austria.

US Letter sheet. Invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition in Philadelphia: "SEND ANY CONTAINER OF RAIN". Photocopied collage of woman with an umbrella, holding an icosahedral globe under her arm and text: "LEAVE A JAR OUTSIDE", "when it rains". Hand-written inscription to Bakhchanyan on reverse in blue pen. No cover, address plate, postage stamps, or postal markings.

Three US Letter sheets. Photocopied collages featuring chain letters. One sheet has a a handwritten inscription on reverse: "Saw your name in Brain Cell".

Photograph of a man sitting on a couch. Rubber stamps in red ink: "After the dancing lesson i got hot feet" on front, and "DANISH MAIL ART" on reverse. Rubber stamp in black ink: "authorized vaccinator" seal of "THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DENMARK". Invitation to contribute to Commonpress #48, curated by Schmidt-Olsen (see Folder: 916).

Commercial envelope from the Small Press Communication Archive, run by Schraenen at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC). Rubber stamp in red ink: chevron design with "ANTWERP MAIL ART-ISTS ENCOUNTER 3-4 OCT '81". A4 folded booklet (2 A3 sheets) enclosed. LIBELUS: a monthly mail-art publication, issued June 9 1981. Covers the "Antwerp Intenational Mail Art Festival", "September 25 to November 1 1981".

Commercial envelope from the Small Press Communication Archive, run by Schraenen at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC). Rubber stamp in red ink: "aquí" with cartoon pointing hand. Rubber stamp in blue ink: chevron design with envelope, placed over ICC logo. A4 sheet enclosed. Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "U.S.A.-Electro-Copy-Art".

Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: "BOOK AS ARTWORK". Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "Artists' books, object books, etc., etc., artists' publications, magazines, records, documents, etc., etc., from 1965 to 1988".