May Wilson.
Unique Hand-made Mail Art Postcard.
New York: May Wilson, Undated (Mid 1970s).
Postcard.
Very good.
Minor edgewear and creasing. May Wilson designed stamp to front. Postage stamp and Wilson's address sticker to back. Handwritten address and note.
May Wilson designed stamp and spray paint to postcard. Note on back "Please continue to send (Xoops) QUOZ to me. Thank you May Wilson". Addressed to "Trinity Press", which published the Bay Area Dada mail art magazine Quoz, and was operated by Charles Chickadel a.k.a Carlo Giovanni Cicatelli and Arthur Cravan.
May Wilson (1905–1986) was an American artist and a prominent figure in the New York City avant-garde scene. A pioneer of the feminist and mail art movements, she is most recognized for her Surrealist junk assemblages and photocollages, which she called "Ridiculous Portraits." Following the end of her marriage in the spring of 1966, May Wilson moved to New York City at the age of 61. She first lived in the Chelsea Hotel before moving to a neighboring studio, where she hosted notable parties and earned the nickname, "Grandma Moses of the Underground."
