This envelope was blogged by Jean earlier this year. She mentioned that the post office wouldn't like it, and added my address to the back. I guess they didn't like that either, as this one never made it, sadly.
The stamp is from a sheet of 20 titled American Art, covering four centuries of art on the continent. It features Mark Rothko's painting titled "No. 12".
I'm a big Rothko fan, and will always go and see an exhibit - the colors are so much more intense and interesting in person than on line, on prints or postcards, on photos, and even on stamps.
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it makes me sad that this one disappeared. sometimes i think there is a non-compliant postal worker who has good taste in mail art and can't help him-or-her self.
ReplyDeleteMaybe... I hope that person is enjoying the mail if they exist.
DeleteI agree that his work needs to be seen live (so to speak). I never appreciated his work, until I saw it at MoMA.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing some of his black on black work, that looks dull on line, which is incredible up close.
DeleteWhat a beauty -- and how sad you never got it. The mystery of lost mail.
ReplyDeleteThe mail certainly seems to be full of unsolved mysteries, doesn't it?
DeleteOh, yes, it's a pity it haven't arrived (yet?). These stamps really illuminate the letters, I wouldn't mind to use them.
ReplyDeleteI love these stamps, the flower included. Jean matched this pair very well. This one has been MIA for a while now - several months, so I am not hopeful.
DeleteWonderful composition, these stamps and address lines together.
ReplyDeleteSo sad that it got lost in the mail (and indeed I hope it'll have a good home at some sneaky person's house instead of being destroyed by a frustrated postal machine or worker..). Maybe it will arrive one day, as Eva suggests. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
I learned about Rothko (and learned to value his art) just one year ago, and I think it great that USPS has issued this stamp.
I sometimes wonder if nefarious stamp-collecting thieves exist...
DeleteOh, I hope they don't!
DeleteHow perfectly the colours match, sad it did not arrive. Love Rothko.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a bit sad as this is the type of envelope style I absolutely love. But at least we have the internet, so I can still admire it.
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