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The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box: 147
Identifier: CC-32222-33777

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

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.

Repository Details

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

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