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Portsmouth City Art Project: The Water's Hours and The Sky's Hours, 1973

 Item — Folder: 61
Identifier: CC-12801-13088

Scope and Contents

This depicts two adjacent, brown colored, ceramic or concrete, vertical slabs lettered The Water's Hours with levels drawn in blue & denoted with Roman numerals and The Sky's Hours with strokes of a sundial drawn in blue & denoted with Roman numerals, respectively. In Oct 1973, Harvey writes to Finlay with descriptions of proposals for the Portsmith City Art Project, viz., Water's & Sky's Hours and Numbered Sails. Finlay replied within a week with minor modifications prior to their submission into the competition. He adds a note of encouragement to Harvey, "So the question is, who will get the Third Prize (As we have won the First and Second)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (watercolor, ink)) ; 30 x 49 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

flat files

Custodial History

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

General

Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Signed by: Michel Harvey (u.r.). Nationality of creator: Scottish and 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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