Business-card box for Charles Brittin

Business-card box for Charles Brittin, 1957, Robert Alexander. Collaged box with medicine cap affixed. 2 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. The Getty Research Institute, Charles Brittin Papers, 2005.M.11.27. Courtesy of the Temple of Man, Inc.
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Robert Alexander, who experimented with a wide range of media throughout his career, also worked as a printer. He designed personalized business cards for friends and artists in his and Wallace Berman’s circle. This hand-crafted box, made to hold Charles Brittin’s business cards, shows Alexander’s interest in collage.