Dante Diary: Number 66 / Phillips, Tom., 1990
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Scope and Contents
This sixty-sixth page contains the letter sent to Tom Phillips from Kees Kasander from Dante B.V. in Amsterdam informing hiim that the company wil no longer have Phillips serve as Co-Director of the Dante TV project as a result of Peter Greeenaway not being available for two years. Two new Directors will be selected and new financial arrangements were necessary.On the right side of the page, Tom Phillips describes the impassioned phone calls to reorganize and his final realization that the TV Dante will not be continued. A collage of a howling monster is collaged in the upper left hand corner.The upper right side contains the question painted in brown stencilled letters " Chi m'ha negate le dolente case?" The bottom right contains the phrases "KGP becomes Dante BV" in green paint and "the plot of the ersatz Dante" in gray paint. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1990
Creator
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 collage (paper, paint, handwriting, ink) in artist box (cloth covered)) ; 30 x 41 cm, in box 39 x 44 x 5 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips Dante diary new series 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: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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