Spring 2005
Postcard / Yours Sincerely, Wasting Away
A letter from Paul
Michael Rakowitz
![A 2005 postcard project by Michael Rakowitz titled “Yours Sincerely, Wasting Away: A Letter from Paul.” It depicts a photograph of Paul McCartney, which was featured on the front of a signed postcard Rakowitz received in 1987 from the singer. The accompanying caption recounts the story of how Rakowitz duped McCartney into sending him the postcard.](/issues/17/cabinet_017_postcard_1.jpg)
![The back of Michael Rakowitz’s original postcard from Paul McCartney on which the singer has written “All the best!”](/issues/17/cabinet_017_postcard_2.jpg)
Michael Rakowitz is an artist living in New York. A solo exhibition of his work will open this April at Lombard-Freid Fine Arts in New York City and his work will also be featured in “SAFE: Design Takes On Risk” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City in 2005. Rakowitz is currently Professor of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
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