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The Heart Of A Humument / Phillips, Tom ; Erskine-Tulloch P., 1985

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Identifier: CC-55595-52530

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Scope and Contents

The bookbinding and clamshell case were made by Pella Erskine-Tulloch. The poem on the front cover reads, writing - my thoughts interlacing fold consciousness, and on the back cover the poem reads Words - words! Make me blossum -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + 2 drawings (gouache) (360 pages) in artist covers (leather, inlaid clear plastic circular coverings over Tom Phillips two A Humument gouaches, both sides) + clamshell case (museum board, paper covered, collaged, print)) ; 11 x 8.2 x 2.1 cm (book) + 13.3 x 10.5 x 3.2 cm (clamshell case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove Phillips shelf

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: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Tom Phillips LXXXV (b.c.- colophon). Inscription: The Special Edition de Tete of this bookthis is no. 2/50. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 50 total copies. About 2 number copy. 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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