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Desir-Hasard-Des...Un Coup de Des / DuPont, Albert ; Mallarme, Stephane., 1995 - 2000

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Identifier: CC-34890-36601

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Scope and Contents

This poem-object-book-work was created by Albert Dupont in tribute to the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Un Coup de Des" by Stephane Mallarme in 1897. A wooden box contains the book with five removable, acrylic cubes positioned on the spine. Each cube is incised and colored in ink on all surfaces with Lettrist symbols or texts. The book consists of a portfolio paper cover and a nine page essay. A second book consists of translucent acetate pages with handdrawn Lettrist symbols and words within a plastic slipcase. A third translucent acetate book is an actual reproduction of "Un Coup de Des." Because of the transparent quality of the pages, it is possible to view the literary text in a deeper, emerging three dimensional form.In homage to Mallarme, Dupont writes, "Since the famous poem 'Un Coup de des n'abolira le hasard', published at the end of the 19th Century, Stephane Mallarme has opened up the field of all the poetic researches of the 20th Century, specially by exploding the space of traditional presentation of the page toward the own plasticity of the page, the poem and the words combined in a totally novative composition." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1995 - 2000

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + 9 unbound pages (letterpress) + 22 unbound pages (translucent acetate, handwriting, drawing, printed, both sides) + 18 unbound pages (translucent acetate, printed, both sides) + 5 cubes (acrylic, engraved, colored) (49 pages) in box (wooden, ribbon, 5 cubes) + wooden slipcase) ; 32.4 x 24.5 cm (page) + 38.2 x 31.6 x 6.5 cm (box) + 38.2 x 33 x 7.5 cm (case)

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: Paris, France : Atelier Dupont-Visat; L'Inediteur. Signed by: Albert Dupont (b.c.- colophon). Nationality of creator: French. General: 30 copies of 41 total copies. About 1 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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