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Irene Dogmatic mail art collection, 1972-2018.
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Irene Dogmatic mail art collection, 1972-2018Creator/Contributor:
Dogmatic, Irene, creator, creator.Abstract:
Consists of original artwork for, and copies of, Irene Dogmatic zines; stationery, cartoons, drawings and posters by Dogmatic;
stamp art and mail art from all over the world (on envelopes and postcards) by other artists; crank letters and Christmas
cards; ephemera from events; and materials from competitions, including "Your Self-Portrait as a Dog." There are also periodicals
containing submissions from Dogmatic, information about mail art, and an annotated bibliography of primary sources on Bay
Area Dadaists by John Held, Jr. Artists include Al "Blaster" Ackermann, Anna Banana, Mohammed (Genova, Italy), Ray Johnson,
Mike Belt, Pauline Smith, Opal Nations, Clay Wilson, Gaglioni, and Futzie Nutzo.
Date:
1973 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMail art
Artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Art postal
Artistes -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
mail art
Artists
Mail art
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Dogmatic, Irene -- Archives
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Purchase from Nancy Mosen; 2017.
Additions: Purchase from Nancy Mosen; 2019.
Additions: from Nancy Mosen via Penelope Houston; 2022.
Irene Dogmatic (born Nancy Maass Mosen); painter, visual and performance artist; active since 1972, lived and worked in San
Francisco and Berkeley, Calif., and New York, N.Y.; attended University of California, Berkeley (BA in painting 1967) and
San Francisco State University (MA 1971); member of bands SST, The Beauty Killers, and The Kahunas. Much of her work has focused
on her and others' pets.
Irene Dogmatic mail art collection, BANC MSS 2017/230, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.Physical Description:
print
4.1 (1 2 2 oversize boxes)
Language:
English