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D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992

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Found in 1306 Collections and/or Records:

dsh for anselm hollo (120863) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Hollo A., 1963

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Identifier: CC-56079-9999526
Scope and Contents This is poem appears to resemble the silhouette of a an individual doing a headstand on a chair. Wikipedia: Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo (April 12, 1934 "“ January 29, 2013) was a Finnish poet and translator. He lived in the United States from 1967 until his death in January of 2013. His father, Juho Aukusti Hollo (1885"“1967) "” who liked to be known as "J. A." Hollo "” was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, an essayist, and a major translator of literature into Finnish. His mother was Iris Antonina Anna Walden, a music teacher and daughter of organic chemist Paul Walden. He lived for eight years in the United Kingdom producing three children: Hannes, Kaarina, and Tamsin, with his first wife, poet Josephine Clare. He was a permanent resident in the United States from the late 1960s until his death. At the time of his death, he resided in Boulder, Colorado with his second wife, artist Jane Dalrymple-Hollo. Hollo published more than forty titles of poetry in the UK...
Dates: 1963

dsh for ihf: po po poem (220863) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Finlay IH., 1963

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Identifier: CC-56078-9999525
Scope and Contents

This poem with consists of repititions of "po po po. Its significance is unclear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

dshdshdsh (040763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08730-8904
Scope and Contents

This work was reproduced in the Dom Sylvester houedard book edited by Nicola Simpson, "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter: The Life and Work of Dom Sylvester Houedard" and is stored in the binder labeled DSH London 2012. This piece was first called [letter variations]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Duality of Muse / Laws, Frederick; Schwitters K; Carroll L; Herbert G; Houedard DS; Kolar J; Xisto P; Furnival J; Picabia F; Themerson S; Cox K; Mayer HJ; Finlay IH., 1965

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Identifier: CC-27789-28919
Scope and Contents

This article reviews the "Between Poetry and Painting" exhibition held at the ICA London, in 1965. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

E / E Poem (300663) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-55849-58787
Scope and Contents

In addition to two 'E's,' this typing is constructed with slashes and dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

echantillon: henri chopin (220264) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

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Identifier: CC-09848-10042
Scope and Contents

This depicts Houedard's notion of an "echantillons" (English = sampling) of Henri Chopin's typewriter poetry styles. This work was reproduced in the Dom Sylvester houedard book edited by Nicola Simpson, "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter: The Life and Work of Dom Sylvester Houedard" and is stored in the binder labeled DSH London 2012. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

echec (checkmate) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-56280-9999718
Scope and Contents

Houedard types that his work is a "monument to che guevara erected by the glosterode construction co ltd." The typed blocks of four varying symbols are presented on the top of the page with documentation and lists for the construction of the piece and its operation. Houedard notes on the bottom of the page "this ode was composed for a projected che commemt expo at the lisson gallery." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[eight cubes] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-43529-45602
Scope and Contents

This untitled carbon copy typing is composed of a cube sliced into eight parts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[eight paralellograms formed with slashes] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1972

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Identifier: CC-09451-9638
Scope and Contents

This page also depicts two blue parallelograms and a partial one in the top left corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

[eight parallel lines] (010270) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-56336-9999759
Scope and Contents

Each line is composed with dashes and is double typed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970