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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6395 Collections and/or Records:

Openings Press Card Series: ode to the colonels (Hellas). No.8 / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-38007-39893
Scope and Contents

This card deals with the contemporaneous political situation in Greece, e.g., a military dictatorship. The first 'l' in the ancient word for Greece,"Hellas," is removed and a displaced in at an angle over the 'e' leaving an empty 'l' space in the word. It signifies the "club" held over Greece by the dictatorship. On one of the cards, the verso is rubberstamped, "poem - summer 1967, first printed edition, abson press, for d/h read dsh, happy xyzmas/newxyear." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Openings Press Card Series: Sh. No.16 / Harry Warschauer ; Eugen Gomringer., 1984

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Identifier: CC-05140-5239
Scope and Contents

This is a Hebrew adaptation of Gomringer's concrete poem, "Silencio." The Hebrew letter "Sh" arranged in a grid borders two empty spaces indicating repetition of the word, "Silence, Silence!" One copy is rubberstamped on the verso with the author's name and address, the others are not. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Openings Press Card Series: successful cube tranceplant in honor of chairman mao. No.7/Dec / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-38128-40021
Scope and Contents

This poem was first published in London Magazine October 1970. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Openings Press Card Series: The Missing. No.9/Jul / John Furnival., 1972

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Identifier: CC-38129-40022
Scope and Contents

The 'l' has been cut out from the word, "link." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Opera Omnia / Ferretti, Eugenio ; Valsecchi M., 1999

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Identifier: CC-31656-33160
Scope and Contents

Massimo Valsecchi designed this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Optical Poem [1] / Valoch, Jiri., 1968

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Identifier: CC-62746-69230
Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.14, 1970. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

optische poesie / Ulrichs, Timm., 1966

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Identifier: CC-35601-37345
Scope and Contents

Nineteen concrete poems are printed one to each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Opus 1: Catalogue Raisonne of the Visual and Theoretical Texts 1961 -1990 / Gappmayr, Heinz ; Weiermair P., 1993

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Identifier: CC-39316-41266
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces Gappmayr's (7 October 1925; Innsbruck -- 20 April 2010); Innsbruck) poems and reprints his theoretical texts that deal with definitions of traditional (conventional), concrete and visual poetry. Gappmayr uses the term "visual poetry" to also signify "concrete poetry" where only language without images is present. The book also includes photographs of installations of his work in public places. This copy of the book is the ordinary edition; in the numbered and signed editions, an etching is included with the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Opus 2: Catalogue Raisonne of the Visual and Theoretical Texts 1991 -1996 / Gappmayr, Heinz., 1993

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Identifier: CC-52885-74023
Scope and Contents

This book was published on the occasion of Gappmayr's exhibition in 1997 at the Kunsthalle Wien. Dorothea Van Der Koelen coordinated the catalogue and exhibition. A large number of the works consist of a single word. This copy of the book is the ordinary edition; in the numbered and signed editions, an etching is included with the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Opus 3: Catalogue Raisonne of the Visual and Theoretical Texts 1997 - 2004 / Gappmayr, Heinz., 1993

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Identifier: CC-52886-74024
Scope and Contents

This book was published on the occasion of Gappmayr's 80th birthday and his exhibition in 2005 at the Galerie Dorthea van der Koelen. The latter coordinated the catalogue and exhibition. A large number of the works consist of a single word. This copy of the book is the ordinary edition; in the numbered and signed editions, an etching is included with the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

or / ro / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

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Identifier: CC-17471-17837
Scope and Contents

Each of the four pages of this book depicts a typewriter poem that consists of the text "or/ro" and other two letter words such as "we/we." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[Orange A Omega] / Furnival, John., 1966

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Identifier: CC-13251-13552
Scope and Contents

Depicts orange overprinted letters, A and Omega in the shape of a regular cross. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Orange Au Pair Girl / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

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Identifier: CC-11865-12086
Scope and Contents

The size of this edition is not known nor is it listed in Finlay's book Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964