Life Cycles, 1970
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Scope and Contents
The word "eat" is printed 19 times in a center column. On the top line, The letters "cr" and "ion" are added to form creation. In the middle of the column, "procr" and "ion" are added to spell procreation. At the bottom "d" and "h" are added to state death. Jacoby writes on the verso of the frame, "One definition of EAT: To corrode; waste or wear away. Life cycles are birth - sex - death. This poem is a combination of man's life cycles with the life process of wearing away." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1970
Creator
Extent
1 item : 1 print (silkscreen) in framed (plexiglas) ; 51 x 33 x 3 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
Transferred to the Stanley Museum, 7/18/23.
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: New York : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Ruth Jacoby (l.r.). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 5 total copies.
Processing Information
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
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921