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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6393 Collections and/or Records:

Had I the Heavens' Embroidered Cloths / Tom Phillips; Alice Wood., 1997

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Identifier: CC-39049-40987
Scope and Contents Tom Phillips, with the assistance of Alice Wood, created this quilt from fragments of fabric from costumes Phillips was designing for "Winter's Tale" at the Globe Theatre in London. Phillips writes, "For Autolycus I had supervised the making of a large patchwork cloak and was fascinated to see how humdrum pieces of the cloths of the world rather than of heaven when juxtaposed sang out as rich and rare. Some of the 'dye and drab' of the cloak of Autolycus started off this present piece." The text is from a poem by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats titled "He wishes for the cloths of heaven." The poem reads, "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, - Enwrought with the golden and silver light, - The blue and the dim and the dark cloths - Of night and light and half-light, - I would spread the cloths under your feet - But I, being poor, have only my dreams; - I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; - Tread softly because you tread on my dreams..." The letters of the poem are...
Dates: 1997

Hand Made Obra Recente / Hatherly, Ana ; Sackner MA., 2000

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Identifier: CC-50947-72025
Scope and Contents

Hatherly's drawing "A Imagem da Mulher Invadida Pelo Tempo: Homenagem a Henry Moore," that is held by the Sackner Archive is depicted on page 10. The series of drawings entitled Pintura sobre Cartao are reminiscent of Brice Marden's images in his recent paintings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Hand Made Obra Recente / Hatherly, Ana ; Sackner MA., 2000

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Identifier: CC-50993-72072
Scope and Contents

Hatherly's drawing "A Imagem da Mulher Invadida Pelo Tempo: Homenagem a Henry Moore," that is held by the Sackner Archive is depicted on page 10. The series of drawings entitled Pintura sobre Cartao are reminiscent of Brice Marden's images in his recent paintings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Hand Papermaking. No.1 / Dill L ; Vater R., 1994

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Identifier: CC-09809-10003
Scope and Contents

This issue was edited by Michael Durgen & Bobbie Lippman. L. Robin Rice contributed an essay on the paper sculptural works of Lillian Bell, Lesley Dill, Jeanne Jaffe, and Regina Vater. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Hannah-Hoch-Preises / Williams, Emmett ; Schwitters K ; Hamilton R ; Roth D., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28168-29331
Scope and Contents

This catalogue documents how in recent years, Williams has gone from composing classic concrete poems to adding visual ornamentations to them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Happpppy Xyzmas 66 (051165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1966

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Identifier: CC-55688-9999279
Scope and Contents

This is the same piece as the two scrolls with the same title held by the Sackner Archive but flattened. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Happy Birthday / Depew, Wally., 1985

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Identifier: CC-53061-74207
Scope and Contents

Stored in Depew's drawings box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985