Peter Beard

2 unique objects, the first, a color laser diptych of 8 Diary Pages, signed, dated, inscribed, annotated, and embellished in ink in the margin, mounted together, 1975-76, printed in 1994; the second, a Brown Paper Mailing Envelope, signed, annotated, and illustrated in ink, collaged with stamps, postmarks, and labels, a facsimile of a drawing embellished with ink, a contact strip of 4 lighthouse and boat images, and annotated 'it's been a little rainy here' in pencil on the reverse, 1984 (2)

These two unique objects are in generally excellent condition. The envelope is postmarked 1984, and, as expected of an object that has traveled through the postal system, there is some wear to the edges of the mailing envelope.
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