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Mail Art: Benedict Tisa, Collingswood, New Jersey to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York
Cover ornamented with 2 artist stamps made from photographs of women, labelled as being from a fictional Republic. Sender's return address printed on cover. US Legal sheet enclosed. Light card, poster for an exhibition titled "ARTIFACTS AT THE END OF THE DECADE" taking place at 4 East Coast locations. List of artists does not include any recognisable mail artists, but one of the locations, Franklin Furnace (NY), is an important venue for mail art. US Legal sheet enclosed. ART MATTERS volume 1, number 10, "The Regional Publication Dedicated to the Visual Arts", published by Tisa. Features an article titled "The Art of Postcards". US Letter sheet enclosed. Advertisement with biography in Italian for an exhibition of works by Tisa at a gallery in Trieste. Postcard enclosed. Photograph of a man sitting in a tent smoking, smoke blurring his face, with staples through the photo paper. Rubber stamp in blue ink: "PHOTO CARD". Rubber stamp in red ink: sender's return address. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for the "clippings" he sent. Postcard hand-dated "21-7-83".