Old Negatives: four verse sequences, 1989
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Scope and Contents
On the last page is a poem in which each line has a different color. It reads THE GRAVE COLOURS OF EARTH - BRIGHTEN TOWARD - AN - OPEN BOOK - OF - LIGHT UNSTAINED - BY - WORD. The Sackners visited Gray in September 2004 and saw this poem as a wall embroidery (done by a friend) hanging on a wall in his library. Both the cover of the book and the dust jacket were designed by Gray. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1989
Creator
- Gray, Alasdair (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + sheet (folded, photocopied) (67 pages) in dust jacket) ; 23.4 x 13.3 x 1.2 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: London, England : Jonathan Cape. Signed by: Alasdair Gray 20.2.1989 (t.c.- near title page). Nationality of creator: Scottish. General: About 500 total copies. About 154 number copy. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
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