W. Reginald Bray (Freak Letters)

postcard to "Any Resident of London", 1899 / script from BBC radio programme, 1935 /envelope crocheted by Bray's mother, 1899

from The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2010---The book documents W. Reginald Bray's experiments with the postal system. Bray's postcard addressed to "Any Resident of London" predates Ben Vautier's "Postman's Choice" by 66 years! Read more here at A Sound Awareness (thanks Martin!)

I was reminded of this book as a postal strike continues here in Canada.

Post Card.

(a gift from MML. Thanks!)

postcards from Lausanne

Richard Greaves (1952)

La Cabane à sucre, vers 1985, Beauce, Quebec

Pascal-Désir Maisonneuve (1863-1934)
L'eternelle infidèle, entre 1927 et 1928
While I was away, I was lucky enough to visit the Collection de L'Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland. Incredible.

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