Modern Realism PO Box 410837 San Francisco, California 84141 USA Founder John Held, Jr. Date founded 1981 Approximate number of works 20,000 Approximate yearly additions 700 Focus Mail art & alternative culture - catalogs, artist postage stamps, artist publications & zines, posters, correspondence Organization/display methods Correspondence separated foreign & domestic then alphabetically. Separate collection of posters, catalogs, artist postage stamps, Ray Johnson, & Stamp Art Gallery materials. Works kept in boxes. Some archival, some not. Some framed material. It's in a room in the back of my rented apartment next to the garden. Small space for a perforator and gallery. Public access Openings. Off-site exhibits. Appointments taken. No web. Approximate yearly cost Storage: $840- Correspondence: $480. Acquisitions (books, etc.): $1,000 Relation to larger institutions Nada What is your motive for maintaining the archive? Madness