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A TV Dante 2nd Series No.26 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-54394-989911

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Scope and Contents

In the center of this collage has printed the following in text: "There lies towards the middle of the sea a devastated land he said called Crete beneath whose king the world had once been pure..." Fragments of collaged paper include a view of Phillips' hotel, a map of Crete and the Greek islands, a view of the harbor, an erotic nude female, and an advertisement in Greek. Two portrait heads in the center are composed from several printed sources. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1986

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 collage (ink, handwriting, rubberstamped, paper, paint) in pvc laminated + box (clamshell, cloth covered, perforated, celluloid)) ; box 45 x 53 x 7 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips TV Dante 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; Crete : [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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