Call Number:

F1027

Repository:

University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Extent:

7 item

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

MSS 0099, F1027, Michael Kubsch letters to Chloe’s Books, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Date:

1994 december 9-2007 june 29 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kubsch, Michael

Form:

Photocopies, Collages (visual works), and Mail art

Abstract:

Artist Michael Kubsch, also known as “Malok,” mailed these collages, notes, and illustrations to Chloe’s Books between 1994 and 2007.

Michael Kubsch, also known as “Malok,” is a practitioner of collage and mail art. In 1978, he illustrated

Several of the letters contain references to Bern Porter (1911-2004), an early practitioner of mail art.

Chloe’s Books was established in Loomis, California, in 1972. They are a mail-order business specializing in poetry and modern literature.

Bern Porter Collection, Colby College Special Collections, Waterville, Maine.Biblio website, “Chloe’s Books” (accessed June 28, 2017) https://www.biblio.com/bookstore/chloes-books-loomisInformation derived from the collection.

Artist Michael Kubsch, also known as “Malok,” mailed these collages, notes, and illustrations to Chloe’s Books between 1994 and 2007.

Each of the seven letters is accompanied by a business-size envelope, addressed to Chloe’s Books, with rubberstamps on the outside, many of which Kubsch designed. Each envelope contains several items created by Kubsch, including black and white collages, color glyphs, handwritten notes with holograph signatures, and small illustrations. The collages and glyphs are photocopy reproductions of Kubsch’s collages and drawings.