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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6467 Collections and/or Records:

Wind The Clock By Bittersweet / Pauly, Bill., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-30391-31807
Scope and Contents

Also designated High/Coo Chapbook #2. This booklet includes conventional Haiku, concrete poetic Haiku, and concrete poems. One of the concrete poems is done in the style of Eugen Gomringer's "Silencio" using the word, "conform." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

Windmills Enter Arms Race / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Willcocks, Jonathan; Furnival J., 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12407-12633
Scope and Contents

This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Windmills Winding Waters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-10813-11023
Scope and Contents

Each word of the title is printed in white on a red background, one word to each leaf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Winter / Bigus, Richard., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-21254-21664
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Winter Poem No.7 / Cobbing, Bob., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19078-19457
Dates: 1982
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Winter: Pressing Issues / Permanent Press ; Goldsmith K ; Fisher V ; Leska L ; Kahn R., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04677-4764
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Wire / West, Ken., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-40903-42880
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Wire / West, Ken., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-40904-42881
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

With It / Smith, Keith A.., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-02652-2695
Scope and Contents

The subtitle of Smith's book number 134 is "Tale of Timothy Thomas Mott," a homoerotic novel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

With Joy and Gratitude to G-d / Karsch, Hannah; Hochner, Jacky., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-08116-8276
Scope and Contents

Invitation to the engagement festivities in Tucson and the wedding in Jerusalem of Hannah and Jacky, the niece of the Sackners. The calligraphic decoration is shaped like a Chupah, under which the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony takes place. The calligrapher is Denni Ann Gershaw. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

womb word 1 (051165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-56015-59686
Scope and Contents

This version of the poem is typed on the top portion of the page in four columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

womb word 2 (051165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-56016-886644
Scope and Contents

This version of the poem is spaced throughout the page in two columns. It contains the date 051165 handwritten probably by Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

womb word (051165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-31367-32844
Scope and Contents

The poem was may have been printed much later than its creation. The Sackner Archive holds the original of this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Woodface Type Sculpture] / Patrick Chelli., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39060-40998
Scope and Contents

The painted white sculpture is made from varying size wooden typefaces and fonts including Art Deco arranged in a vertical column attached to a white wooden base. The artist's signature is composed of the wooden type letters on the bottom of one face of the sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Word as Image / Lee, Ji., 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-55912-9999377
Dates: 2011
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

word forms and language shapes 1975 - 2007, 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-51007-72086
Scope and Contents This is the catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of Boshoff's work. Boshoff writes that his inspiration for concrete poetry was his passion for crossword puzzles. Boshoff writes (page 23) in an lengthy biographical interview with Warren Siebrits the following: In early 1996, I visited the book artist Robbin Silverberg taking with me a silkscreen print of a poem from KYKAFRICAANS to thank her for the hospitality and kindness she showed me. She didn't seem to like it very much, and suggested we take it to show to the artist book dealer Toni Zwicker.Toni was already quite elderly, but it was amazing to see how excited she became about this work from KYKAFRICAANs that I has made 15 years earlier. As it happened, the great American collector, Marvin Sackner, from Miami, visited Toni's home while we were there. He became so enthusiastic that he decided on the spot to buy the original manuscript of the 99 A4 typed pages that constitute KYKAFRICAANS, and invited us to go and visit him...
Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Word & Image: From Book to Garden and Back: Ian Hamilton Finlay. No4/Oct-Dec / Finlay IH ; Hunt JD ; Ryan M ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Follo V ; Gilonis H., 2005

 Item
Identifier: CC-44168-46294
Scope and Contents

This issue serves as a profusely illustrated catalogue for the exhibition at the Annenberg Rare Book & Mauscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. Michael Ryan, Director, contributes an introductory essay. Professor John Dixon Hunt in additon to serving as curator, has written an introduction, essay and catalogue listing for this issue. The Sackner Archive is mentioned by Dr. Ryan as "unstinting in their generosity, agreeing to lend more than 25 items to the show, while also donating some of their duplicate Finlay items to us. For this their latest kindness to us, we are honored and thankful." The duplicate copy does not include the signed loose sheet by Hunt. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Word Images 1982-2004 / Winkler, Michael ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-43238-45297
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent Word Works (Book) to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Word-Pack / Atchley, Dana., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-25306-25762
Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Word-Scales, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-46833-49567
Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

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