The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999
Scope and Contents
This object was formed from by photocopied hand lettered text in the style Phillips uses for his text based sculptures, where each letter is physically linked to adjacent ones. The photocopied sentence of the title, glued onto the cube is repeated twice on each of its surfaces. The Sackner Archive also holds the hand-drawn maquette for this work. The text is by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1999
Creator
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
Extent
1 item (1 poem object) : 1 block object (wood, paper, photocopied, collaged) ; 5 x 5 x 5 cm
Language of Materials
English
Original Sackner Archive Location
hallway 1st flo
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tom Phillips, 1999.
Materials Specific Details
Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 3 total copies.
Processing Information
Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Source
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 (Author, Person)
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921