The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World [maquette], 1999
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
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
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.
Source
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 (Author, Person)
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
319-335-5921