An original Graciela Gutiérrez Marx piece from 1992 consisting of 34 rubber stamps. Made for John Held, Jr. as a gift when he visited her in that year. Edgardo Antonio Vigo and Horacio Sapere are referred to in her stamps.
Graciela Gutiérrez Marx began her career in the late sixties exhibiting sculptures at Galería Lirolay in Buenos Aires. In 1968 she met the artist Edgardo Antonio Vigo (1928–1997) who introduced her to the mail art movement and visual poetry. Together they embarked on experimental visual poetry and mail art endeavours, jointly signing their work G.E. MarxVigo (1977–1983). In 1975 the artist Horacio Zabala (1943–) invited her to participate in a rubber stamps exhibition organised by Ulises Carrión (1941–1989) in the Netherlands, which allowed her to join a network of international mail art exchanges. In 1984, during the Primer encuentro de arte experimental y mail-art, along with Jorge Orta, Clemente Padín, Susana Lombardo, Claudia del Río, Marina Rothberg and Mamablanca, she founded the Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Artistascorreo. One of Latin America’s most outstanding mail artists, Marx's work has been celebrated internationally and is gaining more recognition in the United States.
