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Wie Weiss Ist Die Weisen, 1975

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Identifier: CC-27347-28068

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Scope and Contents

Variations of the Gomringer's poem "wie weis ist wissen die weisen" have been typeset in lower case letters in rectangular blocks and interspered among illustrations of Uecker's white nail works. There are 720 permutations of the words in the title sentence. The cover by Uecker is embossed with images of nails placed on heavy white paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1975

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (85 pages) in cover (blind embossed)) : illustrations ; 32.2 x 23.3 x 1 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alpha shelf

Custodial History

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

General

Published: Zirndorf, Germany : Edition fur Moderne Kunst. Nationality of creator: Bolivian. 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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