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Phi / Pena, Alonso Barros ; Moholy-Nagy L., 1993

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Identifier: CC-04833-4926

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Scope and Contents

Pena lists his poems in the index according to Mayan hieroglyphics. The letters of the words of the poems are presented in varied colors and the shapes reference the calligrams of Apollinaire. A page with musical notation depicts words in different size typefaces & spacing akin to Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. These points were raised in a review of this book by Rodolfo Alonso that accompanies it. Finally, the box for the book contained paper to make it usable for an H-P computer driven printer.This book might have been composed with a typewriter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1993

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + page (perforated) + 2 pages (printed, translucent paper) + page (collaged, mylar) + insert (inside back cover) + insert contents (5 loose colored paper stock sheets) (42 pages) in cover (cloth, collaged) + box (cardboard, painted)) ; 29.7 x 21.1 x 1.1 cm (book) + 31.5 x 21.7 x 1.4 cm (box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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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: Buenos Aires, Argentina : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Alonso B. Pena (c.- colophon). Nationality of creator: Argentine. General: 10 copies of 100 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

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