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Box 15

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

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

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 875
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-875-F1
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. "RT # 22" handwritten on reverse in blue pen. 13 US Letter sheets enclosed. Printed collage works by various artists: Bakhchanyan, George Cassa, David Cole, H.Y.P.E., Valery Oisteanu, Carlo Pittore, Edward Plunkett, Emmett Walsh. 4 unknown artists. No CDS on cover, but works by Bakhchanyan and Pittore are dated March 24 1983 and May 24 1983 respectively.

Dates: undated

Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1988 November 30

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1044
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-1044-F1
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with paint, photograph, postal stamps, and sender's return address. Enclosures are a letter about Transes-Figurations exhibit, two exhibit flyers, signed copy of exhibition catalogue, two invitations to "GRANDE SOIREE ARTISTIQUE DES SCORPIONS RUSSES", two artist postcards with invitation to V. Tolsty and A. Khvostenko exhibit.

Dates: 1988 November 30

Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 2003 February 19

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1051
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-1051-F1
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with acrilyc paint, artist stamps, coins, postal stamps, and photographs showing E. Limonov and A. Khvostenko.

Dates: 2003 February 19

Posters, 1984-1985

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1057
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-1057-F1
Scope and Contents

Folder contains these posters: "Tosty Mail Art" (1984), "Muleta B" designed by V. Bakhchanyan and V. Tolsty (c. 1985). 

Dates: 1984-1985

Mail Art: Carten Schmidt-Olsen, Hjorring, Denmark to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 November 12

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 828
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-828-F1
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in blue ink: domestic symbols such as houses, cars, planes, arranged ina shrinking layout like an eye examination chart. Rubber stamp in red ink: "DANISH MAIL ART". Rubber stamp in green ink: sender's return address. 9 cards and sheets of various sizes enclosed. Various photographs ornamented with rubber stamps. Many relate to medicine, stamped with "authorized vaccinator" seal of "THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DENMARK" in black...
Dates: circa 1982 November 12

Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 August 10

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 829
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-829-F1
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: 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".

Dates: circa 1981 August 10

Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 December 16

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 845
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-845-F1
Scope and Contents

Large cover ornamented with various rubber stamps in various colors. Artist stamp with black and white slightly waving stripes and trange geometric object in colored in red and yellow. 1981 calendar enclosed. Features a large instance of Spiegelman's signature strange figure style with insect and plant elements on front. Months inside are in Spiegelman's signature wood-like font. 2 large cards were enclosed to protect the calendar.

Dates: circa 1980 December 16

Mail Art: Tibor Varnagy, Budapest, Hungary to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 March 24

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 867
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-867-F1
Scope and Contents

Plain cover. A3 sheet enclosed. Poster for exhibition of work by Géza Perneczky (see Folder: 801-7) at Liget-Galéria, run by Varnagy. A5 sheet enclosed. Photocopied photographs with inscription to Bakhchanyan on reverse, informing him that is works have been received. Sheet enclosed. Blue paper, photocopied images of faces, large "X" in metallic silver spraypaint.

Dates: circa 1986 March 24

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

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 892
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-892-F1
Scope and Contents Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in yellow and red ink: donut (or perhaps UFO?) shape. Rubber stamps in red ink: letter "N", postage cancelation waving lines, and sender's return address. Paper sheet enclosed. Collage art of chess, astronomy, and zodiac elements. Paper sheet enclosed. Collage of US currency designs and space imagery. Both sheets are presented as plans/schematics, and rubber stamped with a circular seal design dated "Oct. 25 1984" (in the future based on CDS). Exact date...
Dates: circa 1983

Mail Art: Ilya Zundelevich, Jerusalem, Israel to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1985 December 7

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 893
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-893-F1
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in blue ink: Hebrew text. A4 sheet enclosed. Hand-written letter to Bakhchanyan in Russian about contributing to a periodical of Russian authors. US Letter stapled booklet enclosed. Issue 3(?) of above-mentioned periodical.

Dates: 1985 December 7

Mail Art: Periodicals. AEROSOL, n.16, 1981 August

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 903
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-903-F1
Scope and Contents

Bifolium with collage of envelope, spraypaint cans, and street art. Folds out to a poster advertising an "International Graffiti Mail Art" exhibition in Brussels, organised by Metallic Avau (a.k.a. Violetta Wynants, see Folder: 757-60).

Dates: 1981 August

Mail Art: Periodicals. MC, n.5, 1983 September

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 923
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-923-F1
Scope and Contents

"CRIME" issue. 6 sheets stapled together. Photocopied collage of text and images. Notable contributors: Bakhchanyan, John M. Bennett, Guy Bleus, Richard C., Cracker Jack Kid, Robin Crozier, Ubaldo Giacomucci, H.Y.P.E., Carlo Pittore, Lon Spiegelman. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "MC", and "CRIME".

Dates: 1983 September

Mail Art: Periodicals. MC, n.6, 1984 January

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 924
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-924-F1
Scope and Contents "TIMELESS LIGHT" issue. 6 sheets stapled together. Photocopied collage of text and images. Notable contributors: Holly Anderson, John M. Bennett, Ryosuke Cohen, David Cole, Cracker Jack Kid, Robin Crozier, Jurgen O. Olbrich, Bern Porter, Lon Spiegelman. Cover ornamented with numberous rubber stamps in red, blue, and green ink: "MC", "BEMUSE", "FLUXUS", "UTTERLY", "!", "MAIL ART", "DECOY", "LIGHT", SEED", primitivist figure designs and patterns. Figures drawn in black ink. "This is not a...
Dates: 1984 January

Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. L'émigration russe, l'art en voyage, 1981 May 5

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 937
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-937-F1
Scope and Contents Materials related to an exhibition of Russian artists at "galerie trans/form" in Paris, including Bakhchanyan, Vladimir Kotliarov (see: Tolsty series), and Edward Limonov. Artists featured in exhibition typewritten on cover. 9 A5 sheets enclosed. Reproductions of 1 work by each artist. 8 1/4"x4" card enclosed. Flyer for exhibition, including map marking galerie on the Champ de Mars. Exhibition ran until May 16 1981. Yellow sheet enclosed. Mail order form for publications by Russian...
Dates: 1981 May 5

Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. To be Knocked to the Canvas, 1982 March 10-1982 March 12

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 945
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-945-F1
Scope and Contents

Poster for 2 events by Jean Dupuy. A live "painting" at A&M Artworks 6-8pm on March 10, and a "performance" with other artists at Grommet Gallery 7:30pm March 12. Both in New York City.

Dates: 1982 March 10-1982 March 12

Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. Old, International Mail Art Show, 1982 June

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 952
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-952-F1
Scope and Contents

Poster for mail art show at Portland Fine Arts Gallery. Postage stamp design in metallic gold paint with made-up woman at center. 2 stapled US Legal sheets. List of participants in exhibition, titled "OLD FOLKS". Rubber stamp in red ink indicates that the exhibition was organised by Bill Ray and H.Y.P.E. (see Folder: 724-7).

Dates: 1982 June

Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. Maine Festival, 1983 August 5

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 967
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-967-F1
Scope and Contents

International mail art exhibition as part of the Maine Festival in Brunswick, Maine, August 5-7 1983. Folded sheet with integral address plate. Cover design features work by Carlo Pittore and Ray Johnson: "As Maine goes, so goes the nation." Manifesto text and list of participants on reverse. Perforated sheet of postcards enclosed. 2 perforated sheet of stamps enclosed.

Dates: 1983 August 5

Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. "At Five Hundred Years from the Arrival of Colon at America", 1988 March 30

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 989
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-989-F1
Scope and Contents

A3 poster. Invitation in Spanish, French, German, and English, to participate in a mail art exhibition at the Applied Arts School of Ibiza in Spain. Exhibition to run during March and April 1988, deadline for contributions March 30 1988.

Dates: 1988 March 30

Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1985

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1029
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-1029-F1
Scope and Contents

Covers ornamented with collage of postal stamps, Muleta's return address, notes, and photographs showing V. Tolsty, E. Limonov, and A. Khvostenko.

Dates: 1985

Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1988 October 3

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1043
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-1043-F1
Scope and Contents

Cover ornamented with postal stamps, notes, and sender's return address. Eclosure is "Vechernii Zvon" issue no. 26.

Dates: 1988 October 3