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Dante Diary: Number XXXVII / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53875-642918

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Scope and Contents

Page 37 titled "Thinking of Dante in Miami" Tom writes. " From Medelin via Bogata to Miami where I was met by thhe Sackners and taken to Venice (!). Marvin and I checked through his files: he now has a set of the pre-fire Dante proofs and is the first in the USA to receive his cantos XIII, XIX, XV, VII. Left an extra set with them .I will be powerfully represented in the Marvin & Ruth Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry. Tom also describes a flashy Miami Beach party that he attended with the Sackners. The center large image on the page is a computer portrait rendition of Tom from a t-shirt purchased in a Miami mall. "Left on the 18th and back to Peckham and reality." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, ink colored, gouache, collaged, rubberstamped, handwriting) in pvc laminate + artist box (cloth covered)) ; 26 x 29 cm, in box 39 x 44 x 5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips Dante diary box

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: Miami Beach, Florida : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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