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Torn Kiss / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-09309-9492

Scope and Contents

This is an extremely dense visual piece to express Hirschman's love of the gesture in his last bookwork commissioned by the Sackner Archive. A poem written about an Afro-American friend as text is obscured by overpainting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + pages (painted, pastel, torn, perforated (22 pages) in cover (enamel paint, pastel, tempera)) ; 30.4 x 36 x 4.5 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.

General

Published: San Francisco, California : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: J.A.H. (b.c.- cover). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copy. 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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