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Dante Diary: Number 77 / Phillips, Tom., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-54237-08642

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Scope and Contents

This seventy-seventh page is titled "1980 Premonitions of an Aesthetic. N.C. USA. XC." Phillips writes on the left hand side "Raleigh, North Carolina. Looking with Ruth Sackner at drawing called Speaking in Tongues which I made in 1980 & which they acquired in 1981 had extraordinary sense of deja vu in that the drawing seemed to encapsulate the aesthetic of a TV Dante even to the extent of the 'soft border' at the bottom of the inside frame.When I got back I looked through the booklet & found also the figures of the drawing itself seemed to recur in the still from Canto IV, itself surrounded by letters. XXI.XI.XC." A collaged reproduction of the aforementioned large drawing is pasted in the center of the page.The still of the described frame from a TV Dante is collaged in the lower right hand corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990

Creator

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: Raleigh, North Carolina : [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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