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

 Person

Found in 1306 Collections and/or Records:

MONSIEUR TAXI / LA VILLE ABANDONNEE (January 5, 1968) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56862-10000227
Scope and Contents

Twenty short pieces of string are unravelled at the ends and lined up in an abstract pattern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

MONSIEUR TAXI / LA VILLE ABANDONNEE (January 5, 1968) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56862-10000227
Scope and Contents

Twenty short pieces of string are unravelled at the ends and lined up in an abstract pattern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

moonblase - 3 crescent increscent (100467) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-09856-10050
Scope and Contents

This work appears to be a preparatory sketch for a sculpture. It is formed from typed dashes and @ characters. This work was exhibited in Force Fields: phrases of the kinetic held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona in 1999 and the Hayward Gallery London in 2000. The work was selected by the Curator, Guy Brett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Mother & Father Smoking Marijuana (?) with Baby] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-55376-111666
Scope and Contents

Both parents are depicted smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. Perhaps this is a metaphor on the safety of cannabis compared to alcohol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

mots el sohn: the little lovers / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Hollo A., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-55862-58842
Scope and Contents

Unable to find Finnish translation of 'gnyook' that is the maiin word of the poem on the internet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[m's abstract space for Furnival ](130763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-56380-9999795
Scope and Contents

for jn furnival is typed at the lower left. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[m's blanks progression] (130663) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-55736-9999299
Scope and Contents

This work is similar to dsh's for "i/j" of same date with minor differences in dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[m's over w's] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-56070-9999517
Scope and Contents

Typing m's over w's wil produce a solid square as depicted in this piece -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[m's & periods] (110464) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-55820-9999341
Scope and Contents

The original appears on the recto and the carbon copy directly underneath on the folded page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

mudibum / liquido / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-56904-10000269
Scope and Contents

mudibum reverses to the same word. "liquido" reverses to obiupil." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

mudibum / liquido / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-56904-10000269
Scope and Contents

mudibum reverses to the same word. "liquido" reverses to obiupil." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[multiple cubes, rectangles & o's] (311266) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1966

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Identifier: CC-08684-8857
Scope and Contents

This complex structural composition was formed with typed, red and blue dash and joined underline marks. In addition, a small cluster of 'o's was typed onto the foreground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

[multiple intersecting planes] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-56320-9999744
Scope and Contents

Two black lines of dashes cross the multi-dimensional planes of slashes and dashes with scattered 3333's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[multiple stacks of cubes] (200167) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-08652-8825
Scope and Contents

The images are created with slashes and dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

my dear bill / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56635-10000034
Scope and Contents

The name bill at the top of this letter and luv at the bottom of the letter are typed with closely spaced dashes. Bill's idenity is unknown to the Sackners. The poem typed within two separate frames consisting of apostrophes read:" could be a beauty s in even the greyness somewhere a wimd enforces the freedom of water?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968