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Crombie, John

 Person

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Allo / Peret, Benjamin ; Crombie, John., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42097-44098
Scope and Contents

The poem is a portion of a poem written by Peret, "Je Sublime" (1936) printed on pages with abstract shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Calligrammes / Crombie, John ; Apollinaire, Guillaume., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17956-18326
Scope and Contents

This is Crombie's interpretation of Apollinaire's poem "Il Pleut" in which the calligramme is represented with abstract markings and the words as colored, linear, conventional and disintegrated text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Catalogue 1999: Books in Print/Livres Disponibles / Kickshaws ; Crombie J ; Bourne S., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-34325-36020
Scope and Contents

This catalogue also announces the new address in Paris at 13 rue de la Grande Chamiere. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Come again? / Crombie, John., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42098-44099
Scope and Contents

The text consists of words or phrases that playupon the word "Kickshaws." For example, one page reads Prickshaws? Tickgauze? Thickdraws? Sickshaws? in different typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Crazy Bodies / Crombie, John., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-19252-19635
Scope and Contents

The pages depict graffiti images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

CV / Crombie, John., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-17971-18341
Scope and Contents

This book has spiral spines on two of its borders. Text consists of the words, "gloom, doom, womb and tomb," similar to another book held by the Sackner Archive with a different format by Crombie, entitled "Womb to Tomb." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

In Parenthesis, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-20130-20525
Scope and Contents

The title is taken from a phrase in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

JC / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-20116-20511
Scope and Contents

This book is designed as an aid to meditation or concentration. Pages depict prayer beads which serve as a guiding thread or an alternative devotional aid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

L'Homme de Parole, 1997

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-34475-36172
Scope and Contents

The book represents a man's body with a white, plastic spiral spine, a face and hair made of cut, smaller spiral spine material, a heart shaped heart printed with "je t'aime," and appropriately shaped booklets for the arms, abdomen, legs and penis. Crombie wrote the Sackners that these book objects were too difficult to transport and make so that none of the editions were completed as stated in the colophon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

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