The Spheres, No. 9 & 10, 1993
Scope and Contents
These drawings were made on pages 110 & 99, and pages 70 & 75 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The main image in the upper drawing is a spider; Macia has created its web by repetitive writing of a poem by e.e. cummings, when skies are, in an almost micrographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1993
Creator
- Maciá, Carlos, 1951-1994 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (2 drawings (watercolor, pencil colored, ink, gold leaf, handwriting) in museum board + [frame (wooden, plexiglas)]) ; drawings each 16 x 21 cm, in frame 59 x 39 x 4 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
All leaves of "Spheres" within one flat grey archival box
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Barcelona, Spain : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: M 93 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: Cuban-American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
General
The original listing labeled No. 9 as featuring Pages 51 & 17, and no. 10, Pages 42 & 39.
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
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