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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

turnings xmas69 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-53338-59714
Scope and Contents

Houedard wrote this poem with his typical printed letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Tuyau (Quotidien): Abscess. No.42 / Wharton Hood., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-30431-31851
Scope and Contents

Edited by Didier Moulinier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Two Cents, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-24115-24567
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Amy Capellazzo and featured works on paper by Basquiat and poems in homage to these works by Kevin Young. The latter visited the Archive during the exhibition and inscribed this catalogue. The stapled pages provided by the gallery summarize Young's contribution to the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Two Horses] / Anonymous., 1750

 Item
Identifier: CC-62219-27579
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts two horses formed by microscopic writing in Baroque styled lettering. The text appears to be religious in nature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1750

Typewriter Poems / Chopin, Henri., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-34312-36007
Scope and Contents

The ten typewriter images in this book are presented in gray and white scale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Typewriters / Cherches, Peter., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-16956-17312
Scope and Contents

The drawings are of typewriters with captions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Typographica. No.14/Dec / Herbert Spencer, editor ; Themerson S ; Apollinaire G ; Herbert G ; Mallarme S ; Panard CF ; Albert-Birot P ; Altman N ; Blake W ; Lewis WP ; Tzara T ; Lissitzky E., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-40847-42824
Scope and Contents

Stefan Themerson contributes a well illustrated essay on the calligrammes of Apollinaire and Albert-Birot. These include the black & white reproductions for Apollinaire's "pour Irene Lagut (1917); the original printed and hand colored copies of these poems is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Tyrannus Nix / Ferlinghetti, Lawrence., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12920-13212
Scope and Contents

The title refers to Richard Nixon and the text printed from Ferlinghetti's handwriting is critical of Nixon's actions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

u moth / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-55795-9999325
Scope and Contents

The handwritten words on the verso are" mouth - moth." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Umbra Solis Non Aeris: The Shadow of the Sun and not of the Bronze / Harvey, Michael; Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12395-12621
Scope and Contents

This is the preparatory drawing for the Welsh Slate sculpture that is also pictured in a card and a print with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Un beau menthal pour 98 / Levy, Miller., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29465-30830
Scope and Contents

The green stick of chewing gum collaged onto the inside back cover of the card has a drawing of a smiling profile. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Un Coup De Des Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard / Mallarme, Stephane; Masson, Andre., 1961

 Item
Identifier: CC-29554-30922
Scope and Contents

This publication was the first book commissioned for the bibliophile society, Du Livre et de l'Estampe Moderne. It was the personal copy of the bibliophile, Monsieur Roger Coulon. The prints were created in handwritten and freely drawn pages conceptualizing the idea of the freedom and majesty of Mallarme's poem. The colors used are subdued earth tones of green, orange, grey, gold and lavender suggesting earthly landscapes. The handwritten text of the poem coordinates with the drawings. The cover of the museum board folder and the slipcase are both decorated with applications of cloud-like cicles of white paint on a brown background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Un Presagio - Un Mutamento / Caruso, Luciano., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29750-31127
Scope and Contents

The drawing is a hand painted poem by Caruso, overlaid on a printed colored image from a periodical. It begins "dalle storie di Alberada," the title that is printed on the folder. Caruso's calligraphy in this work is more geometrical and structural than his usual handwritten texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997