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Rejected Cover Design For Hansjorg Mayer 1979 Catalogue, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-54410-52461

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Scope and Contents

This drawing was rejected for the cover design by Hansjorg Mayer because it was too complcated for a book cover. Thepoem reads "I had come about art - after only one readingi was able to tell her, - it was a Journal of secret scribing and hiding a work of fiction - interspersed wit used art - read the toge story - there are certain scenes and feelings" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1979

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, handwriting, gouache),2 collage elements)) ; drawing 32 x 30 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

wall 1904 1st bedroom

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Phillips, 1980.

General

Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Tom Phillips LXXX (l.r.- drawing). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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