Breathing / Saunders, Robert., 1990
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Scope and Contents
Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. The drawings are arranged as a grid, 4 across and 5 down. Each drawing contains the same repetitive, printed text without spacing between words as a background, viz. "breathing just one more lung of air next to the bone he squeezed me so hard I thought my ribs would break breathe OK OK." The collage elements include letters, lines, abstract images, text from the background, and reproductions of animals and plants. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1990
Creator
- Saunders, Robert W., 1941- (artist) (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (20 collages (magic marker, collage additions, computer text, offset images) in cardboard) ; drawings 38 x 22 cm, in box 33 x 25 x 6 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
box shelf
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Gardiner, Maine : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: R. Saunders (l.c.- verso). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
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
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