Item Information
Title: Carl Andre postcard to John Held Jr.
Date: 1986 March 25
Physical Details: 1 postcard : handwritten ; 11 x 14 cm.
Description: Andre congratulates Held on his collection of mail art, though Andre specifies that he does not consider himself a mail artist.
Front of postcard features a cartoon signed "Willy Smacks" which depicts policemen at the Tate Gallery following the theft of an artwork by Carl Andre. The caption reads: It seems they broke the window with this diamond tiara, then got away with the bricks!
Creator: Andre, Carl, 1935-2024
Forms part of: John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Carl Andre. Carl Andre postcard to John Held Jr., 1986 March 25. John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 15103