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Fragments / Carbone, Denise., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33892-35564

Scope and Contents

The main text on each page is printed in black ink with wood blocks. The smaller text is letterpress in red ink. Each page contains a collage of found fragments enclosed with acetate. Carbone writes in the colophon that we should "observe each piece, bit, scrap, chip, sliver, particle - reduced to tarnished, withered, warped, punctured, frayed, mared, burned, brused, violated, gnawed, impaired, dog-eared, decrepted, corroded, fragments." The book is printed on artwax brown paper (kraft paper) that imparts a pleasant, waxy smell. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + sleeve pages (kraft paper, wood block, letterpress, collaged, stamps, string, copped, feather, paper fragments, metal fragments, torn ticket, pin, clipped finger nails, acetate) + sheet (folded, collaged, handwriting, perforated) (10 pages) in artist folder (paper, collaged, kraft paper)) ; 40.7 x 25.4 x 17.2 cm (book) + 41.2 x 26.2 x 1.4 cm (folder)

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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Denise Carbone. Signed by: Denise Carb[one] (l.r.- colophon); Denise [Carbone] (c.- inside folded sheet). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 26 total copies. About 5 number 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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