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Yellow Flags, 2010

 Item — Box: 194
Identifier: CC-54575-990021

Scope and Contents

The original title is "The Triumphal Procession of White Clouds Moving Upstream" and calls to mind his Neo Fauve poem from 'Flags From A Remnant Railway' of 1975. It was first printed as a letterpress postcard on the tredle platten press at The Trent Bookshop in 1969. It was subsequently reprinted in The Sea is Silent by Coracle 1991, amongst other places. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2010

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 1 plate (metal, vitreous enamel, 4 holes) + 1 card (letterpress), all in 1 bag (stitched, cloth label) with envelope (paper, rubberstamped) ; 13 x 22 x 1 cm (plate), 22 x 13 cm (card), 24 x 15 x 2 cm (bag), 25 x 18 x 2 cm (envelope)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

glass case 2 bedroom

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: Tipperary, Ireland : Coracle Press. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 15 total copies. 3 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: RUTH; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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