Jay DeFeo mail art to Wallace Berman, 1965

Physical Details: Mail art : 1 item : various media ; 96 x 98 cm.

Sender: Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) (San Francisco, Calif.)

Recipient: Wallace Berman (1926-1976) (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Description: DeFeo has taken a poster for the 3rd annual Los Angeles Film-makers Festival and collaged over it with scraps of brown paper on which she wrote her and Berman's addresses; a photo of a little girl (possibly DeFeo at a young age); and a torn piece of paper with a typewritten message.
The message reads: The White Rose is a Fact painted somewhere on a slow curve between destinations. This is all I remember. This is all I know...; It is all I can say about the Universal Pastime for all giant fans who believe in the second coming of Casey Stengel.

Forms part of: Wallace Berman papers, 1907-1979, (bulk 1955-1979)

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Jay DeFeo mail art to Wallace Berman, 1965. Wallace Berman papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 14001

Subjects:

• Berman, Wallace
• DeFeo, Jay
• Film posters

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