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Box 10

 Container

Contains 138 Results:

Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 May 14

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 830
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-830
Scope and Contents

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".

Dates: circa 1982 May 14

Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1988 February 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 830.1
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-830.1
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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".

Dates: circa 1988 February 2

Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 March 21

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 831
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-831
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with strips of metalic foil. Rubber stamp in purple ink: "TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIVE IN ART"[sic]. Rubber stamp in green ink: sender's return address. Postcard enclosed. Photograph by Guy Bleus, a man (Bleus?) holding a rubber stamp to his head. Rubber stamp in blue ink on reverse: "No 42292". Bifolium enclosed. Rubber stamp in red ink: circular seal design with "RED-Y MADE". Metallic foil with text in red marker, and business card for "TOMASZ SCHULZ...
Dates: circa 1981 March 21

Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 August 31

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 832
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-832
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in purple ink: "TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIVE IN ART"[sic], and the letter F. Rubber stamp in red ink: sender's return address. Star and hammer and sickle painted in red. Business card for "TOMASZ SCHULZ DADAISTA" enclosed. 2 postcards enclosed. Plain cards with text in red paint, and rubber stamps. Postcard enclosed. Color photograph of haystacks in a field. Text in red marker. Razor blade stapled to card. Bifolium enclosed. Plain paper...
Dates: circa 1981 August 31

Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 December 7

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 833
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-833
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: worker's handshake, "AIR MAIL ART". Business card for "TOMASZ SCHULZ DADAISTA" enclosed. Postcard enclosed. Rubber stamps in red ink: shooting star, stylised face, hammer and sickle, and "ORIGINAL SCHULZ POST C-ART". A5 sheet enclosed. Photocopied collage of Michelangelo's David holding a giant spoon, nude figures, a modern German fighter jet, and text "to life through ART" and (sorry- -not WAR). Sheet enclosed. Yellow paper, folded into 3...
Dates: circa 1981 December 7

Mail Art: Shozo Shimamoto, Nishinomiya, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1988 March 14

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 833.1
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-833.1
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Cover printed with world map and names of mail artists in various countries in red ink. Return address on front for "Art space AU" (see Folder: 911-3) in Japan, and for "New York Japan Art Exchange Center Open House Gallery" in New York City. 2 sheets enclosed. Advertisements for an exhibition of tapestry by Teruyo Shige in New York, organised by Shimamoto.

Dates: circa 1988 March 14

Mail Art: Antonio Olaio, Coimbra, Portugal to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 October 15

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 781
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-781
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Plain gray cover. A4 sheet enclosed. Yellow paper, photocopied collage of repeated photograph of a man in underwear and white facepaint posed holding circular lids, titled "Dancing in Atlantis". Handwritten invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition to be displayed alongside an exhibition of Olaio's paintings, both on the theme of "Atlantis".

Dates: circa 1985 October 15

Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 January 5

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 782
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-782
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: return address at the "Gesamthochschule Kassel" (University of Kassel). Postcard enclosed. Red ink print of a line of silhouette elephants holding trunks to tails with text "TIERPARK BERLIN" and "PARADIES DER TIERE" (Berlin Zoo, animal paradise). Rubber stamp in blue ink on reverse: "Original Olbrich". Rubber stamp in red ink: circular design with "MAILART", "POSTKUNTS", and "INTERNATIONAL*". Bifolium card enclosed. Artvertisement for a...
Dates: circa 1982 January 5

Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 June 3

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 783
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-783
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: return address at the "Gesamthochschule Kassel" (University of Kassel). Bifolium card enclosed. Torn scrap of magazine featuring a woman's leg's and white shoes glued to interior. Advertisement for a "Mail Art Performance Party" in Kassel.

Dates: circa 1985 June 3

Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 July 18

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 784
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-784
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Grey paper with address plate, postage stamps, and postal markings. Sheet does not fully enclose, only has a fold at bottom. Unclear how it was used of what enclosures it might have been with.

Dates: circa 1985 July 18

Mail Art: Kees Oosterbaan, Egmond, Holland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 March 12

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 792
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-792
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Index card enclosed. Repeated rubber stamps in red and urple ink: "I am existing" and "every moment". Feather stuck to card with red putty.

Dates: circa 1986 March 12

Mail Art: Kees Oosterbaan, Egmond, Holland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 February 4

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 793
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-793
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black and red ink ink: "EXISTANCE". Rubber stamp in purple ink on reverse: sender's return address. Small saddle-stapled booklet enclosed. Collection of mail art titled EXISTING PERSONS, issue #1. Photocopied reproductions including work by Bakhchanyan.

Dates: circa 1987 February 4

Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 June 7

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 801
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-801
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address with instruction to "Please add to and return". 8 copies of card with "Atlantis" repeated. Instructions: "CORRECTION! Please change Antarktis into Atlantis!". 3 copies on light card. 5 copies on paper with rubber stamp in red ink indicating they have been "GUMED".

Dates: circa 1984 June 7

Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 July 27

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 802
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-802
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Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: oval design with stars, helix shape, and "MAIL ART". Purple stripe painted across front of cover through address plate. 10 large postcards enclosed. Various collage and geometric designs, embossed with circular seal. 8 postcards enclosed. Various collage and geometric designs, embossed with circular seal, gathered into a translucent paper envelope.

Dates: circa 1987 July 27

Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1981-1982

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 807.1
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-807.1
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The folder includes "International Stamps" issue no. 2 (1981) and "Breakage" portfolio, 1982.

Dates: 1981-1982

Mail Art: Carlo Pittore, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 February 3

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 809
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-809
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with artist stamps featuring a shimmering concentric circle design with a hand ringing a small bell at the center, and "POST ME". Artist stamp over envelope flap on reverse. Sketch of a man's head with text: "speak UP speak OUT", "POST ME", "BERN PORTER commemorative stamp series", and "PITTORE EUFORICO". Rubber stamps in red ink: "Ntity", "International Mail Art is the most important and most significant art movement in the world today", and sender's return address. No...
Dates: circa 1984 February 3

Mail Art: Bernhard Skopnik, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 January 28

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 834
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-834
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Photocopied collage of circuit diagram with a man's face. Fireball drawn in red, yellow, and orange marker. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Label featuring Anders Giske of Bayer Leverkusen, with glasses and facial hair drawn on.

Dates: circa 1986 January 28

Mail Art: Bernhard Skopnik, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 August 7

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 835
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-835
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Abstract black and white image of shading. Fragment of pink perforated stamp sheet glued in corner. Hrad-drawn airplane in black marker with red, green, and blue colored pencils. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address.

Dates: circa 1986 August 7

Mail Art: Larry D. Smith, East Freedom, Pennsylvania to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983 June 27

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 838
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-838
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Invitation to contribute to a survey and publication of artist matchbooks and matchboxes.

Dates: circa 1983 June 27

Mail Art: Snappy Steven, Kerrville, Texas to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 February 1

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 839
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-839
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House and rainboy made from colored yarn glued to card. Invitation to participate in a "TEXAS BIRTHDAY MAIL ART SHOW" celebrating the Texas sesquicentennial.

Dates: circa 1986 February 1

Mail Art: Solofish, Santa Barbara, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 February 1

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 840
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-840
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"POSTCARDS FOR PEACE". Postcard instructs recipient to mail two picture of where they live to both President Reagan and President Chernenko: "LET THEM BOTH KNOW NO WAR IN MY PLACE PLEASE!". Rubber stamps in green ink: peace design, hand print, fingerprints. Rubber stamp in purple ink: fish with cartoon human face.

Dates: circa 1986 February 1

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 841
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-841
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Image of a man and a lion covered by paper slip with red text. Paper has mostly worn away. Advertisement for an event "CIRCUS DISCO" held by the "Friends of the ACLU" (American Civil Liberties Union). Inscription added in red marker: "why you picking on poor Lon?".

Dates: circa 1980 September 2

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 842
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-842
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US letter sheet. Rubber stamps in blue ink: decorative letter plates "L" and "S". Rubber stamps in red and green ink: strange unidentifiable creatures or plants(?). "AMBIVALANCE kills" written in orange ink: Address plate handwritten in green and purple ink. Invitation to participate in an erotic mail art exhibitoin.

Dates: circa 1980 September 2

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 843
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-843
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Photocopied sheet of 4 US postage stamps. Rubber stamps in blue ink: strange geometric figures. "How? LS" written in purple marker.

Dates: circa 1980 September 2

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 844
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-844
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Cartoon advertising the "ARTWORDS/BOOKWORKS" gallery space. Artist stamp: "PLACE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS". Inscription in orange marker: "Dear I & V: where did you get my name? Lon".

Dates: circa 1980 September 2

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 March 8

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 846
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-846
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Map projection of Earth with arrows indicating major ocean currents. Checkerboard background, red target on top of Earth. Rubber stamp in red ink: "aquÍ" with cartoon pointing hand. Insect-like creature hand-drawn in blue ink. Invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition "TARGET:EARTH" in conjunction with a larger even "TARGET LA".

Dates: circa 1982 March 8

Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 January 20

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 850
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-850
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Collage of a woman looking through a sheet of Italian stamps with the face cut out. Rubber stamp in blue ink: sender's return address. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his card, and asks him to advise the President (Reagan) that Staurani's postcard exhibition will run from from the 5th to the 25th of February 1981.

Dates: circa 1981 January 20

Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 March 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 851
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-851
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Collage of nude figure on the shore with postage stamps from Italy and the Vatican, and circular date stamps from 1979. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his contribution to the "1st festival international de la carte postale d'avant-garde". The exhibition is titled "NUOVE CARTOLINE" (new postcards). Inscription also notes that an "other copy" has been sent "to the President Reagan for acquaint -"[sic].

Dates: circa 1981 March 2

Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 February 11

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 852
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-852
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A4 saddle-stapled booklet (2 A3 sheets), originally folded twice and stapled closed. Catalogue from the "NUOVE CARTOLINE" (new postcards) exhibition organised by Staurani in Rome (see Folder: 851).

Dates: circa 1981 February 11

Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 May 6

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 853
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-853
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Staged photograph of nude figure in classical setting. Placed over her buttocks is an official Italian postage stamp, but a hole has been punched right through the entire postcard to remove the featured profile coin face. Rubber stamps in blue ink: "carnevale 1981", and sender's return address.

Dates: circa 1981 May 6