Carl Andre postcard to John Held Jr.
Object Details
- Creator
- Andre, Carl, 1935-2024
- Held, John, 1947-
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : handwritten ; 11 x 14 cm.
- Summary
- 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! - Citation
- 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.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1986 March 25
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)15103
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- John Held papers relating to mail art, 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Cartoons (humorous images)
- Mail art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_15103
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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