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Der Quangle Wangle Quee by Edward Lear / Lock, Rolf ; Lear E., 1995

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Identifier: CC-27493-28541

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Scope and Contents

The German text for this nonsense poem of Edward Lear is based upon the translation by Adolf Halbey. The illustrations for the poem are imaginary creatures, maps, numbers, fragments of music scores, and abstract markings. The cover depicts a cloth relief of the imaginary creature in the poem sewn to the fabric of the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1995

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (accordion) + pages (cardboard, ink, handwriting, painted, collaged, spray painted, stenciled, printed paper) (12 pages) in artist bookbinding (cloth covered, relief, cloth, sewn, papercard, collaged, paint)) ; 40.9 x 29.9 x 2.2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

Item in cataloguing queue 4/5/2023 EE Sackner Location: shelf second bedroom alcove

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: Duren, Germany : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: German. General: About 1 total copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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