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Michael Lucero letter to Patti Warashina

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
Mail Art : 1 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary
Letter handwritten in ink on the back of a photocopied image of the Virgin Mary. The image is painted in neon colors.
Transcript: Dear Patti- Thanks for the great card from Hawaii- I'm sure you had the time of your life. - Today is a weird day- The girls up stairs got ripped off - took their camera - drills - saws and their small sellable stuff - how creepy, I hope we don't get it. -Shoot! There is really nothing one can do. - just keep the windows locked and hope for the best. - I heard the noise upstairs but thought it was Jim Crumerdre. He's weird and comes at weird times. Anyway tonight Jem Kwog is having a party (in our old apt. across the street). I'll tell you about it later o.k. - yesterday I finished building my clay pieces over at N.Y.U. - Now for the firing, glazing, ect. They will be done in time for Halloween - (Jack-o-lanterns.) I'm interested in holidays and their popular symbols - I'm thinking of my Thanksgiving pieces- I'm pretty thankful for all the good things I have - gotta give thanks. (turkey?) ha ha. Good ideas from all the visuals in Hawaii? Remember my 5th grade teacher sent me those 2 boxes of anthuriums, from Hawaii when I graduated from U.W.? - - Those flowers are so amazingly beautiful - Jun Kaneko will be at Cranbrook soon- I am going to tell him to get you for a lecture then you can come to N.Y. to visit. Bye, for now, Michael
Citation
Michael Lucero. Michael Lucero letter to Patti Warashina, circa 1983. Patti Warashina papers, circa 1900-1991. 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
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Creator
Lucero, Michael, 1953-
Warashina, Patti, 1940-
Lucero, Michael, 1953-
Date
circa 1983
Type
Correspondence

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