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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

Sforzi Letterari (To Exert Letters) / Miglietta, Enzo., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-06561-6680
Scope and Contents

The image is a large "A" filled with random micrographic letters & numbers being hoisted into place by stick figures with a system of pulleys composed of micrographic letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

shant i ? / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-55784-9999314
Scope and Contents

The handwritten text on the verso is "shant i ? / shanti." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

She, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22215-22637

shotsuns sunstoys / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-55750-22335
Scope and Contents

The title "shotsuns sunstoys " reads the same upside down. The other reversals on this card are " yeah yeah" and "yeh yah." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Siete Caligramas / Zeller, Ludwig., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-29986-31377
Scope and Contents

Susana Wald, Zeller's wife, in an accompanying letter (May 3, 1987), provides a translation of the seven poems from Spanish to English. The translation of the calligram in the accompanying image reads: I see the enigmatic ancient bird renewed - In the word that covers the facade in flames - Then speak to me trilling your eternal leaves - Your secret plumage that lives with dreams - The black heaven streaked with meteors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Silent Souls, 1993

 Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]
Identifier: CC-10396-10599
Scope and Contents

The image is more controlled than the pages in the [Hobo Book], a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993