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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6528 Collections and/or Records:

A Direction in the Middle of the Air / Wagner, D.r. ; Harris DW ; Simpson G ; Miller B., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-48212-69236
Scope and Contents

The front cover of a surrealistic collage was designed by David W Harris, the back cover with cartoons by Greg Simpson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

A Dog Came in the Kitchen / Tarlatt, Ulrike., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-01389-1422
Scope and Contents

One of a pair of almost indecipherable calligraphic drawings held by the Sackner Archive, this one in English, the other in German. These drawings were reproduced in Experimenelle Texte No.23, pages 32-33. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

a fleeting. a reading. / Beaulieu, Derek., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-37600-39457
Scope and Contents

This print is housed in a brown paper portfolio with "House Press" and its logo silkscreened onto it along four other prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

A Forward Step to the Primitive: The Poetic Art of Cobbing and the Concretes / Jones, Chris ; Phillips T ; Furnival J ; Chopin H ; Houedard DS ; Rothenberg J ; Gomringer E ; Carroll L ; Herbert G ; Griffiths B ; Claire P., 1994

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Identifier: CC-08306-8469
Scope and Contents

This book deals with aspects of concrete poetry paying debt to Cobbing and other pioneers. Chris Jones' essay provides several definitions of concrete poetry, stating that "it is helpful to think of concrete poetry as being an umbrella term for those processes...who share a concern with text (words, letters, phonemes, signs) as their material." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

A Gala Exhibition / Cobbing, Bob; Houedard DS; Cox K; Wright E; Verey C; Furnival J; Finlay IH; Morgan E; Gerz J; Chopin H; Garnier P; Gette PA; Logue C; Lucie-Smith E., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-19507-19890
Scope and Contents

Cobbing mentions that nearly a thousand items were included in this exhibition that took place over one month's period which thirty thousand people attended un London's Royal Festival Hall.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

A Harbour of Boat Books Cards and Prints / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993 - 1994

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Identifier: CC-11119-11334
Scope and Contents

Includes the prices of the works on exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993 - 1994

A History of the Airfields of Lincolnshire / Cutts, Simon., 1990

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Identifier: CC-20680-21082
Scope and Contents

Each page has the word "poppies" printed in red five times about 10% up from the bottom to symbolize flowers for the dead fliers in the World Wars who used this airfield. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

A History of the Airfields of Lincolnshire / Cutts, Simon., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20681-21083
Scope and Contents

Each page has the word "poppies" printed in red five times about 10% up from the bottom to symbolize flowers for the dead fliers in the World Wars who used this airfield. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

A Life in Flux - and Vice Versa / Williams, Emmett., 2007

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Identifier: CC-46687-49417
Scope and Contents

This is a memorial exhibition who was born on April 4 1925 and died on February 14 2007. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

A Lingua Concreta / Eerdekens, Fred ; Frank P., 1990

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Identifier: CC-13548-13851
Scope and Contents

The artist made seemingly abstract metal and wooden sculptures which when properly lit cast shadows of concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

a little a & a / Cole, Norma., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40042-42011
Scope and Contents

Also designated Seeing Eye Books Series VI, Book 4. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002