Preparatory Sketches for Marvin & Ruth Sackner Artchive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Painting / Phillips, Tom., 1982
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Scope and Contents
This drawing documents Phillips' process that resulted in the fromation of the signature painting commissioned for the Sackner Archive.It ultimately was designed with 90 small paintings. The sketches of the layout led to Phillips' creation of the word Artchive that becomes a mesostic with the lettters placed vertically down the center of the painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, ink colored, watercolor) + photograph (polaroid)) ; drawing 33 x 25 cm + polaroid 11 x 9 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
shelf binder second bedroom alcove
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Phillips, 1984.
General
Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Tom Phillips (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921