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The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World [maquette], 1999

 Item — Box: 147
Identifier: CC-32223-33779

Scope and Contents

For this maquette, Tom Phillips hand lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. He marked design changes in small, red symbols. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube and hand-drawn on each surface of the wooden cube. The maquette is slightly smaller than the finished work that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 1 block object (wood, drawing, black ink, red ink, handwriting) ; 5 x 5 x 5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

hallway 1st flo

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Tom Phillips, 1999.

Materials Specific Details

Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 1 total copies.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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