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A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose: Gertrude Jekyll, 1978

 Item — Box: 190
Identifier: CC-12572-12804

Scope and Contents

Gertrude Jekyll was a leading designer of gardens. The rose of Gertrude Stein's well known poem can also be identified as the tip of the old-fashioned garden watering can. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 1 tile (ceramic) ; 16 x 16 cm

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

living room tab

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Nationality of creator: Scottish.

Processing Information

Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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