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Holocaust Series / Nicastri, Joe., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-05722-5830

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Scope and Contents

A presentation piece for Nicastri's monumental Holocaust project consisting of sculptures, boxes, poem objects, books, installation art, and texts. Includes "A Surplus of Memory" exhibition, detailed critical and descriptive essays by the artist, quotations from survivors, art historians and Nazi perpetrators. The ink line drawings are mainly done on the margins of the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1995

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 notebook (loose leaf) + pages (photocopied) + 23 pages (photocopied c) + 5 drawings (ink) (84 pages)) ; 30 x 25 x 2.7 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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, 1995.

General

Published: Miami, Florida : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Joe Nicastri (c.- first page). Inscription: For Ruth & Marvin - I can never adequately express how much your continuing support & generosity mea. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 9 number copy. 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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