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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

Head, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51991-73093
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Headlines:Eavelines / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stevenson A; Lord S; Furnival J., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-12412-12638
Scope and Contents

Concrete poems were created from collated headlines. Eight were composed by the art students and five by Finlay. Ann Stevenson who did "Water Wheels in Whirl" is known as Ann Noel and is the wife of Emmett Williams. Work is dedicated to Eve Furnival, and cover of portfolio consists of a grid of identical child-drawn images of Finlay entitled "The Flying Scatsman." In this copy, the title page has a typographic error, viz., Published dy (sic) Openings Press...(this was not observed in another copy formerly held by the Sackner Archive). Ian Hamilton Finlay's "13 evelines," were sent to John Furnival's daughter Eve as postcards on thirteen consecutive days by students in Furnival's Bath Academy of Art class. It was subsequently printed as this portfolio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Hear The Art (Earth Heart) / Tipping, Richard Kelly., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-27698-28787
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive is listed as holding works by Tipping. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Hedgehogs Announce Annual Turnover / Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12406-12632
Scope and Contents

This is a duplicate print from Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The word, "turnover" in this copy are orange whereas the print in the portfolio is brown.The verso has the following inscription: "from Evalines / Headlines by I.H.F. and students at Bath Academy of Art Openings Press." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Heebie-Jeebies, 1996

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-45291-47476

heebiejeebies / Sloy., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-40518-42490
Scope and Contents

The poem depicted on the cover of this card is an embroidered poem of Sloy's Shroud. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

hello JACK / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-57490-10000783
Scope and Contents

The letter to Jack [?] reads "here in a boite box with some bonbons sweets and a friend un ami and his chien dog for you and your jambe Leg to get well soon from silvester." The large letters on the right side of the page are typed by using the following lower case letters or punctuation marks: o _ . " $ . The right side of the page is crumpled and torn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Hello / Robinson, Jeri., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-03598-3663
Scope and Contents

Theme of book is the intrusion by telemarketing; the spine is wrapped insulated colored wires that might be used for telephone connections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Henri et Jean, 1977

 Item — Folder 32: [Barcode: 31858072459914]
Identifier: CC-19781-20168
Scope and Contents

The large letters, H and J, stand for Henri and Jean as a celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Henri et Jean / Chopin, Henri., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-19780-20167
Scope and Contents

The large letters H and J, standing for Henri and Jean, celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of the Chopins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Hep Hep Hep Cesar / Chopin, Henri., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-18707-19080
Scope and Contents

This is the maquette for pages set in bold, large typeface in Chopin's book "Le Dernier Roman Du Monde." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Herbarium Mesostic / Finlay, Alec, editor., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-44721-46887
Scope and Contents

All poems which were written by school children are printed in white on black colored pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Here Comes the Time and Motion Man / Monk, Geraldine., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-06549-6668
Scope and Contents

Along a single horizontal line through all the pages, the word "trudge" along with letter substitutions and fragmentations are typed. The edition size is unknownbut probably less than ten. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Herz Lerz Nuckwnusch Uzm Bubu Bugebu Burzkat: Manifest fur Konkrete Poesie / Fahlstrom, Oyvind., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-62388-47518
Scope and Contents

This book was published for the exhibition "Oyvind Fahlstrom: The Complete Graphics, Multiples and Sound Works" and is copyrighted by Sharon Avery-Fahlstrom. The manifesto for concrete poetry was first published in Stockholm in 1954 in Odysse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001