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Vertical Alphabet (14) SE, 1990

 Item — Box: 194
Identifier: CC-33969-35641

Scope and Contents

Each page is typed with lines of lower case letters a to z and then z to a. Each successive page is over-typed with increasing density such that the additional letters create a moire effect. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 14 pages (accordion fold, joined together, typed, paper) in case (hinged, plexiglas) + artist wrapping (felt, stitched) ; 26 x 15 cm (case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

glass case 2 bedroom

Custodial History

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

Materials Specific Details

Published: New York : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Brenda Miller [engraved] 1990 (b.c.- front cover); Brenda Miller 1990 (l.l.- final page). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 10 total copies. 10 number copy.

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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