Record

Collection NameButt, Hamad
RefNoTGA 201919/1/1/96
LevelItem
TitleEnvelope containing correspondence and other items, mostly sent by Stefan Smith, Maine, USA
Date16 Sep 1985-21 Mar 1986
Extent1 folder
DescriptionThe envelope (postmarked 21 March 1986 and addressed to Butt's partner Nicholas 'Nick' Hodge) has been drawn and painted on, presumably by Hamad. It includes :

- typescript letter from Stefan Smith to Butt (16 September 1985). Mentions Nick, Armenian artist Marcella Manoogian, graphic artist Cynthia Jabar, Tammy, and 'queer bar[s]'; includes typographical experiments

- postcard from Cat, Tussen Meer, Osdorp, Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Hamad Butt (18 September 1985). Mentions Amsterdam art school Ateliers '63

- black & white portrait photograph of young man by Cynthia Jabar (October 1985), probably Smith

- Christmas card from Smith to Butt and Nick, Garnies Close, North Peckham Estate, London

- birthday cards from Butt's parents, Masood Aktar and Jamila (9 January 1986), and Rubina

- flyer for the exhibition 'An enkindled eye : the paintings of Rockwell Kent', Portland Museum of Art (22 January-2 March 1986), possibly sent by Smith

- seven of hearts playing card

- cover of Daler spiral bound A2 sketchbook, with words and doodles in pencil

- handwritten letter from Smith (18 February 1986). Mentions Nick, Belgium, London, Cynthia Jabar, Marcella Manoogian, and Maine

- two United States postage stamps
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