Creator:

Fricker, H. R.  Search this

Held, John, 1889-1958  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1991

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 mail art : typescript, ill. ; 21 x 21 cm.

Summary:

Letter on stationery of the Decentralized World-wide Networker Congress. Front of envelope is stamped with images of a man's head, and various pieces of text: I am a networker (sometimes); damned to be a tourist; mail art is not fine art, it's the artist who is fine; damned to be an aggressor; after Dadaism Fluxism Mailism comes tourism; feed the tourists; menu banal. <br>Interior features typewritten letter discussing the place of mail art in museums, both art museums and postal museums.

Citation:

H. R. Fricker. Hans Fricker mail art to John Held, 1991. 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

Topic:

Mail art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)831

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

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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