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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6515 Collections and/or Records:

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

[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

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

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

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

Word/Clock, 1984

 Item — Box 276: [Barcode: 31858073143392]
Identifier: CC-20404-20801
Scope and Contents

There are four stacks of moveable leaflets like a roladex file that move randomly with electric power to form minimalist poems. The rearrangement of the words can also be accomplished by turning one of the two knobs brought out to the side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Wordles / Falley, Frank ; Veach, Gerald., 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-11196-11411
Scope and Contents

Each poem is printed one to a page or across facing pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Words, 1993

 Item — Box And-Andre: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-26613-27083
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was a retrospective of Andre's typewriter poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

WORDS 1 / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57175-10000495
Scope and Contents

The bottom typed edge states "Is this word a symbol for words or for the word words? What is the word words?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

WORDS 2 / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57168-10000496
Scope and Contents

The page contains WORDS typed in a cross. The bottom typed edge states "The difference between words and the word words is the sound of language." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969