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battledore (010170) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-08654-8827

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Scope and Contents

The page consists of three separate geometric cubes described by Houedard as "from a series of battledores: poems constructed from complete alphabets." Handwritten documentation next to the upper cube states "suggest using 3 different weights all lower case" and the cube does illustrate three different pressures on the typewriter.The two lower cubes are made with red dots. The left one is for vowels and the right one is for consents. Battledore is a badmitten racket. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 page (typed, typed colored, ink, ink colored, handwriting)) ; 33 x 21 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf binder bedroom 2

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: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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