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[my dear peter (schmidt)] (051168) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Schmidt P., 1968

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Identifier: CC-08625-8797

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Scope and Contents

On the first page Houedard wrote, "thank you for the invitation to your show - wish i cld have manged it all best sounds good" At the bottom of page three Houedard wrote, "typed in haste - unchecked - i fear with a slip or two - sent the with unslipt luvs" -s. Pages 2 & 3 of this letter are based upon an onomastikon that is a book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people. Wikipedia: Peter Schmidt (17 May 1931 "“ 22 January 1980) was a Berlin-born British artist, painter, theoretician of color and composition, pioneering multimedia exhibitor and an influential teacher at Watford College of Art. He was part of a generation of art school teachers in the 1960s and 1970s that had great impact on some students who later went on to work in art and music. He worked with Hansjörg Mayer, Brian Eno, Mark Boyle, Dieter Roth and had associations with Russell Mills, David Toop and Tom Phillips. the Sackner Archive holds one work by Schmidt, The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", an edition of 100. This consists of a wooden box containing 55 original cards, letter press on old prints with a perspex lid that was published by Peter Schmidt, London, 1970 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 letter (torn paper, typed, typed colored, tape) (3 pages)) ; 29 x 21 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf binder bedroom 2

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: S [typed] (page 1 l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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