singsingsing, 2011
Scope and Contents
The small hand lettering on this collag reads 's i n g' from different angles. When held up to the light a second layer of writing can be seen. The top border is hand cut. The cancelled, red bordered stamps on the poem object commemorate the work of several product designers and are part of the conceptual work of sloy and nic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2011
Creator
- sloy, 1943- (Person)
- nic, 1947- (Person)
Extent
1 item : 1 collage (2 layers paper, weaving, ink, handwriting, sewn, thread, cut paper) in frame (corrugated cardboard, stamps, wire mesh) ; 13 x 16 cm, in frame 23 x 27 x 5 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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 Sloy, 2011.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Salem, Oregon : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: sloy & nic (card - t.l.). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 1 total copies.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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