The blue, plastic wrist strap contains a key. The collage consists of six strips of paper with texts and images that give techniques for swimming. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The piece consists of a small suitcase collaged with overlaid pages from a small format encyclopedia that has been printed on wood based acid paper as evidenced by the discolorations. The inside of the suitcase is also collaged with the same pages. Eight cardboard boxes are placed within the suitcase. Their labels related to their contents. For example, a box with the dictionary definition of camouflage contains a paper butterfly cut from a dictionary page that is pinned onto a dictionary page fitted to the bottom of the box. A box labeled lent contains ashes. A box labeled trinity contains an insulated electric wire with three smaller insulated electric wires against a black paper background. According to a letter from Collins, the other copy is in a Hungarian collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The images on the clear acetate sheets are great sailing ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The images on the clear acetate sheets are great sailing ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an assortment of works that Collins used in her contributions to mail art periodicals and projects. A fair amount of the work deals with contradictions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The box includes representative booklets, cards, and objects made by Collins, some for other mail art publications. A neck tie has a sewn label, Christian Boltanski (rather than Christian Dior). An accompanying typed pamphlet lists the publication where these works appeared along with the tirage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the first of a planned series of monthly assembling mailings by Collins. In this issue, there is only one artwork and one contributor, Patricia Collins herself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The opened jars appear to have a fragrance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The opened jars appear to have a fragrance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The rolled paper in the jars provides an appearance of pharmaceutical content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The rolled paper in the jars provides an appearance of pharmaceutical content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.