Felix Partz mail art to Billy Al Bengston

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Object Details

Creator

Partz, Felix

Bengston, Billy Al

Subject

General Idea (Firm)

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 mail art : various media ; 22 x 28 cm.

Summary

This correspondence was sent by Partz on behalf of General Idea, a Canadian conceptual art collective, to Billy Al Bengston in response to his call for ideas from fellow artists. It includes a certificate, on which the name General Idea has been crossed out and "Billy Al Bengston" is written below. In an attached note, Partz explains the certificate. Also included is the envelope.
This record should be viewed with record Billy Al Bengston mail art to unidentified recipients, 1973.

Citation

Felix Partz. Felix Partz mail art to Billy Al Bengston, 1973. Billy Al Bengston papers, circa 1940s-1989. 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

1973

Record number

(DSI-AAA)11705

Type

Correspondence

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Billy Al Bengston papers, circa 1940s-1989, bulk 1960-1988

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Conceptual art

Conceptual artists

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_11705