Skip to main content

[Favorite Anything] / Farber, Michael., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-13040-13332

  • Staff Only
  • Please navigate to collection organization to place requests.

Scope and Contents

A mixture of found toys and toy fragments and other objects with printed phrases is densely built into this work. Texts present in this work include among others, "Don't Save Junk Mail," "Stop Sweat," Never Go Running," "Wise Up Ignorance." The letters are printed in the same upper case font and probably derive from texts printed or letraset assembled specifically for this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1987

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 assemblage (relief, toys, plastic, metal, paper, letraset, sticks) in box (acrylic)) ; 63 x 30 x 1 cm, in box 77 x 44 x 14 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

1904 wall

Custodial History

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1987.

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Los Angeles, California : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Michael Farber 4/87 (t.r.- verso). Nationality of creator: American. 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

Contact:
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921