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Lettre dans la Tête, 1996

 Item — Box: 128
Identifier: CC-27511-28566

Scope and Contents

The booklet was designed using drawings made by Pagiras to form the word, 'Lettre,' one letter to a page. These letters are repeated on each page along with abstract markings and/or a profile of a stylized face. After completion of the text, the page depicts a stylized frontal view of the face with different letters eminating from the area of the brain. Book displayed in glass case and envelope in small objects box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 booklet (ink, paint, letraset) (14 pages) in artist bookbinding (leather, tooled, painted, collaged, plastic, unconventionally shaped) + 1 envelope (papercard, label, painted) (appears to be missing) ; 4 x 5.4 cm (booklet) + 6.6 x 7 x .7 cm (bookbinding) + 12.5 x 11 x 4.1 cm (envelope)

Language of Materials

French

Original Sackner Archive Location

glass case & ob

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Montpellier, France : Pakno. Signed by: Pagiras (l. l. - page 13); Knoderer (l. l. - page 12). Nationality of creator: French.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Genre / Form

Topical

Repository Details

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

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