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[Notebook Pages], 1997

 Item — Box: 617
Identifier: CC-28483-29757

Scope and Contents

The letter from Jeffrey Weinberg of Water Row Books offers a notebook by Charles Crumb to Marvin Sackner. The covers and eight pages are reproduced as photocopied colored sheets. These depict obsessive dense, linear calligraphic markings as well as scattered cartoon-like head portraits. Unfortunately, the book was sold prior to the Sackners offer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Extent

1 item : 1 letter (typed) + 4 sheets (photocopied colored, folded) in envelope (paper, ink, handwriting, label) ; 28 x 22 cm (sheets), 31 x 23 cm (in envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jeffrey Weinberg, 1997.

Materials Specific Details

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Sudbury, Massachusetts : Water Row Books. Signed by: Jeffrey Weinberg (l.r.- letter). Nationality of creator: American.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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