Carol Schneck mail art to John Held Jr.

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Object Details

Creator

Schneck, Carol

Held, John, 1947-

Subject

Whitney Museum of American Art

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 mail art : handwritten, ill. ; 16 x 11 cm.

Summary

Mail art features a photocopied image of the Whitney Museum of American Art in a trash can. Written on the trash can is: Mail art is not museum art. Text surrounding the central image reads: Stop saving garbage! Mail art is disposable art; shred it! Wrap fish in it! Give it to the gerbil! Don't file it! Use it! Abuse it!
Signed C.A.S.
Published in: Archives of American Art Journal v. 40, no. 3-4, p. 10

Citation

Carol Schneck. Carol Schneck mail art to John Held Jr., circa 1988. John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

circa 1988

Record number

(DSI-AAA)829

Type

Correspondence

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John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_829