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Box 10

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Contains 138 Results:

Mail Art: Zona [Bernard Banville], Greenfield, Massachusetts to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 891
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-891
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with large label of US $100 bank note. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin is replaced with that of the artist(?), and every instance of the letter "N" on the note is colored in red. Rubber stamps in red ink: soldier with star above head, red star, sender's return address. Rubber stamp in black ink: cartoon pointing hand, circular seal design with "ZONA THE N-TITY". Envelope flap is sealed with a postage stamp from the Soviet Union. Sheet of artist stamps enclosed. 24 stamps, blue...
Dates: circa 1983

Mail Art: Unknown sender, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 April 18

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 894
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-894
Scope and Contents

Grant Wood's painting 'American Gothic' with faces replaced by those of President Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan. US penny and a Soviet coin glued to reverse. Red paint on Soviet coin. Inscriptions reads "Happy Easter" in English, Russian, and Armenian.

Dates: circa 1981 April 18

Mail Art: Unknown sender, Eugene, Oregon to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 June 12

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 895
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-895
Scope and Contents

Red card. White paper slip with complex mathematical equations in black ink glued to front. Square white paper label with hand drawn pattern in black ink glued to reverse. Name unreadable, possibly involving the word "voodoo".

Dates: circa 1981 June 12

Mail Art: Unknown sender, Mannheim, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 December 9

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 896
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-896
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Christmas decorations. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for the card he sent, and wishes him a happy new year.

Dates: circa 1981 December 9

Mail Art: Unknown sender, San Francisco, CA to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 February 2

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 897
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-897
Scope and Contents

Valentines Day design featuring Superman and Wonder Woman.

Dates: circa 1982 February 2

Mail Art: Unknown sender, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 May 20

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 898
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-898
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with the letter "U" in orange marker. Sheet enclosed. Page town from a book. altered with pink and green marker, and a large fingerprint-like rubber stamp design in black ink.

Dates: circa 1986 May 20

Mail Art: Periodicals. AEROSOL, 'communication murale', n.20, 1982 September 23

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 905
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-905
Scope and Contents

A4 saddle-stapled booklet with integral address plate. Includes a text about murals in English and French, as well as collage of graffiti art and relevant newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1982 September 23

Mail Art: Periodicals. ART/LIFE, Communication for the creative mind, v.5, n.7, 1985 August

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 906
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-906
Scope and Contents

US Letter velo-bound booklet. Collage cover of map of Long Island Sound with currency and various postage stamps. Back cover is Bakhchanyan's "Stalin Test". Edited by Joe Cardella (see Folder: 590.2).

Dates: 1985 August

Mail Art: Periodicals. ART/LIFE, Communication for the creative mind, v.5, n.9, 1985 August

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 907
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-907
Scope and Contents

US Letter velo-bound booklet. Collage cover by John Piper. Edited by Joe Cardella (see Folder: 590.2).

Dates: 1985 August

Mail Art: Periodicals. ART/LIFE, Communication for the creative mind, circa 1985 February 28

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 908
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-908
Scope and Contents Correspondence from ART/LIFE magazine. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: circular lifebuoy design with "ART SAVES LIVES", and sender's return address. US Letter sheet enclosed. Deadline for contributions to next issue of magazine, list of retail outlets stocking magazine on reverse. US Letter sheet enclosed. Advertisement for magazine, color postcard with covers of recent issues glued to sheet. Business card enclosed. Joe Cardella (see Folder:...
Dates: circa 1985 February 28

Mail Art: Periodicals. ARTE POSTALE!, A mail art magazine collected by V. Baroni, n.33, 1982 September

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 909
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-909
Scope and Contents

Unbound booklet of loose mail art works. Notable contributors: Bakhchanyan, Vittore Baroni, Guy Bleus, Klaus Groh, Serse Luigetti, Carlo Pittore, Lon Spiegelman. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in green ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: "STAMPE". Rubber stamp in purple ink: circular seal design with "REFLUXUS".

Dates: 1982 September

Mail Art: Periodicals. ARTERY, The National Forum for College Art, v.5, n.4, 1982 April

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 910
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-910
Scope and Contents

Special issue on artists' books, including documentation of an exhibition that included Bakhchanyan's Portrait of Stalin (1979).

Dates: 1982 April

Mail Art: Periodicals. JAPAN AU, Mail Art Book, n.1, 1982 August 30

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 911
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-911
Scope and Contents

A4 perfect bound book, 199pp, published by Shozo Shimamoto (see Folder: 833.1).

Dates: 1982 August 30

Mail Art: Periodicals. BAMBÙ, n.3, 1982 November 1

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 914
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-914
Scope and Contents Unbound booklet of loose mail art works, compiled by Ubaldo Giacomucci (see Folder: 690-701). Notable contributors: Artpool, Kum Nam Baik, Bakhchanyan, John M. Bennett, Cracker Jack Kid, Serse Luigetti, Henning Mittendorf, Bennedict Tisa. A4 bifolium enclosed (2 sheets). "BAMBÙ NEWS", listing mail art news and classifieds. Also includes call for contributions to BAMBÙ, n.3, to be edited by Antonio Vitale (see Folder: 880-2). Cover ornamented with rubber...
Dates: 1982 November 1

Mail Art: Periodicals. Character Disorder, 1986 March

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 914.1
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-914.1
Scope and Contents

Hand-drawn design of a skeleton pointing a gun at and shaking hands with a convict in front of a line of factories. Invitation to contribute work to the inaugural issue of Character Disorder, to be published in March 1986.

Dates: 1986 March

Mail Art: Periodicals. Commonpress, n.47, 1982

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 915
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-915
Scope and Contents Commonpress was founded by Pawel Petasz in 1977. "Material Metamorphsis" issue compiled by Cracker Jack Kid (a.k.a. Chuck Welch, see Folder: 632-42). Presented in the style of a press kit with folder of pink handmade paper, 7 items found in folder pockets. 2 envelopes of handmade paper. Small envelope containing fragments of handmade paper with "EVIDENCE OF TRANSITION". Small envelope containings fragments of fabric with "MATERIAL...
Dates: 1982

Mail Art: Periodicals. Commonpress, n.48, 1982

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 916
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-916
Scope and Contents "SELFEXAMINATION" issue compiled by Carsten Schmidt-Olsen (see Folder: 827-8). Heat bound book, collage of picture frame ornamentation on cover. Notable contributors: Vittorio Baccelli, Bakhchanyan, Vittore Baroni, John M. Bennett, Guy Bleus, Daniele Ciullini, Cracker Jack Kid, Robin Crozier, H.R. Fricker, Bill Gaglione, Ubaldo Giacomucci, Martina and Steffen Giersch, Klaus Groh, H.Y.P.E., Serse Luigetti, Metallic Avau, Mogens Otto Nielsen, Pawel Petasz, Carlo Pittore, Enrico Staurani. Paper...
Dates: 1982

Mail Art: Periodicals. Commonpress, n.55, 1984

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 917
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-917
Scope and Contents "MAIL ART ABOUT MAIL ART" issue compiled by John Held Jr. Saddle-stapled booklet, 34pp, circular seal design on cover with portrait of Shakespeare at center and "LIFE IS BUT A MAILBOX, & WE, JUST MAILART IN IT." Contains texts by Kihm Winship, David Zack, and John Jacob, exploring mail art about mail art. List of participants refers to an accompanying exhibition of mail art works about mail art at Richmond College in Dallax, Texas. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink:...
Dates: 1984