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Chopin, Henri, 1922-2008

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922-06-18 - 2008-01-03

Found in 435 Collections and/or Records:

Feu Triomphant / Aubertin, Bernard ; Chopin, Henri., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-25332-25788
Scope and Contents

Work consists of a metal "fire wheel" (holder for candles) by Aubertin, a book containing five typewriter prints by Chopin, and an exhibition catalogue with several texts by Aubertin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Fragile, 1976

 Item — Folder 31: [Barcode: 31858072459906]
Identifier: CC-19785-20172
Scope and Contents

Chopin makes an analogy between the images of two space ships (Apollo and Soyuz) joining in space, as depicted on postage stamps, to homosexuality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Freibord: Die Konferenz Von Jalta/The Conference of Yalta. No.47-48 / Henri Chopin ; Chopin J., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-11628-11844
Scope and Contents

This is the ordinary edition of the periodical, Freibord No.47-48. The work was translated by Jean Chopin. The deluxe edition is also held by the Sackner Archive published in an edition of 26 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Fylkingen Och Sveroges Radio Presenterar / Higgins D ; Novak L ; Heidsieck B ; Hanson S ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Giorno J ; Johnson BE ; Roth D ; Williams E ; Hodell A ; Lille C., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12224-12448
Scope and Contents

Bob Cobbing has made notations for the actual performance times on Swedish radio on this personal copy. He notes that Valoch's contribution was not received in time for the festival. This copy is stored with Cobbing material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Going, Going, Gone! / Chopin, Henri., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-18692-19065
Scope and Contents

This is an original of the typing-collage which appears as page 15 of Chopin's book, "Le Repas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Graphemes en Vibrances / Chopin, Henri., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-16599-16952
Scope and Contents

Only the first five numbers of the edition included an original typewriter drawing and a silkscreen print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Graphic, Objective and Other Poems / Chopin, Henri ; Hanson S ; Burroughs WS., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-17059-17416
Scope and Contents

Sten Hanson's essay on "Henri Chopin, the Sound Poet" traces his career and analyzes his work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Graphpoemachines / Chopin, Henri ; Henson S., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-62523-47677
Scope and Contents This catalogue features sculptures made from outdated tape recorders analogous to sculptures created by Nam Jong Paik from television seats. There are also reproductions of 12 typewriter poems placed in an inside flap on the back cover. This is the last catalogue held by the Sackners done during Chopin's lifetime. He died in January 2008 at age 85 years and Frederic Acquaviva wrote his obituary for the Guardian that was reproduced on the internet: Towards the end of the second world war, Henri Chopin, who has died aged 85, escaped from a forced labour camp in Olomouc, in what is now the Czech Republic, after it had been bombed. He then spent time with the advancing Red Army, until, recaptured by the Germans, he and inmates of concentration and extermination camps were sent west on a Nazi "death march." Thousands died on those journeys and it was then that he listened to the voices of his fellow marchers, sounds which would infuse his work for the rest of his life. In the 1950s...
Dates: 2006

Gratte-Ciel N* 116 / Chopin, Henri., 1987

 Item — Box Oversized Chopin, Henri: [Barcode: 31858072491297]
Identifier: CC-18700-19073
Scope and Contents

The English translation of the title is skyscraper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987