Carol Schneck mail art to John Held, ca. 1988

Physical Details: Mail art : 1 item : handwritten, ill. ; 16 x 11 cm.

Sender: Carol Schneck

Recipient: John Held (1947-)

Description: Postcard features a photocopied image of the Whitney Museum 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

Forms part of: John Held papers relating to Mail Art, 1973-2008

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Carol Schneck mail art to John Held, ca. 1988. John Held papers relating to Mail Art, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 829

Subjects:

• Whitney Museum of American Art

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