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Two Left No Right Shoe Shine But Red-On Feetbook Go Forever: An Homage For Bob Kaufman, 1986

 Item — Box: 142
Identifier: CC-40506-42478

Scope and Contents

This book was done to commemorate the death of Bob Kaufmann, a fellow communist poet who lived in the North Beach section of San Francisco and was a good friend of Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1986

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 2 shoes (paper mache, painted) + 37 unbound pages (unconventionally shaped, ink, handwriting, crayon, watercolor) + 3 unbound pages (unconventionally shaped, photocopied) ; 29 x 10 x 7 cm (shoes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

guest room bookshelf

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: San Francisco, California : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: J.A.H. (b.c.- verso shoe). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 1 total copies.

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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