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A TV Dante Diary XIV (New Series) / Phillips, Tom; Eno B; Murdoch I., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32400-33971

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Scope and Contents

This page is based on the package of a pornographic film that that Tom Phillips' son Leo found titled "Dante's Inferno." Phillips painted elements to the flattened and ripped box changed "minors" to "Minos," and crossed out portions of male anatomy. Phillips writes in his text that he showed the video tapes to Iris Murdoch and Brian Eno who liked it a lot and found it inventive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (watercolor, ink, ink colored, handwriting, collaged, paper, printed)) ; 30 x 39 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips TV Dante diary portfolio box

Custodial History

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

General

Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: 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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