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Opening: Standing Poem 4: Pole/Night. No.3 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; John Furnival., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-11937-12160

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Scope and Contents

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 folded card) ; 22.7 x 11.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

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: Woodchester Gloucester, England : Openings Press.General: About 500 total copies. 84 number copy. General: Variable edition; multiple copies available. General: Added by CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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