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Research Collections > Image Gallery > Billy Al Bengston mail art to unidentified recipient

Billy Al Bengston mail art to unidentified recipient, 1973

Physical Details: Mail art : 1 item : various media ; 15 x 20 cm.

Sender: Billy Al Bengston (1934-)

Description: Front of postcard is an image of Buster Keaton and a woman standing on a dock, possibly a still from Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Verso of postcard reads: I'm stuck; $10.00 for your idea; I will pay $10 dollars for any idea I am able to use for an exhibition mailer or announcement ...
Billy Al Bengston mailed this project announcement to an unknown number of recipients. This record should be viewed with record 11705 and record 11706.

Forms part of: Billy Al Bengston papers, circa 1940s-1989, (bulk 1968-1988)

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Billy Al Bengston mail art to unidentified recipient, 1973. Billy Al Bengston papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 11698

Subjects:

  • Keaton, Buster

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