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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3452 Collections and/or Records:

poem for mike chapman1 (080568) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-08672-8845
Scope and Contents

This first page of three lists 8 possible words and discusses construction of a screen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Poem Notes] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1971

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Identifier: CC-09689-9882
Scope and Contents

Work relates in part to Greek mythology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

poemns / Grumman, Bob., 1997

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Identifier: CC-31318-32792
Scope and Contents

Bob Grumman writes in his introduction that he reprinted these 1996 visual poems as a curiosity item, but also because he was fond of two or three of the poems in it. The Sackner Archive holds a signed, inscribed copy of the 1966 edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Poems 1972-1997, 1997

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Identifier: CC-29941-31332
Scope and Contents

This is one of 25 signed and numbered copies. The remaining 25 copies in the run were unsigned. In the introduction, Helmes writes "In the late 70's I met Ruth and Marvin Sackner and Richard Kostelanetz. They, along with Karl Kempton and Kay Arndt, have been critical supporters of my work for which I am continually grateful." This book consists of a varied selection of Helmes' poems, reproduced from rubberstamping, line stencilling and letraset collaging. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Poems / Andre, Carl ; Kost L ; Mavridorakis V ; Delahunty G., 2014

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Identifier: CC-59676-10002736
Scope and Contents Editorial Review: "Carl Andre (born 1935) was a poet before he was an artist, and between 1960 and 1965 he produced a substantial body of innovative visual poetry. Arranging language on paper as carefully and as sculpturally as he was later to arrange pieces of metal or bricks on the floor, Andre approached words as adjustable entities, to be moved around within the limits of the space of the sheet of paper. These works, made during the height of the international Concrete poetry movement, appeared alongside his sculptures in exhibitions and were excerpted in scholarly writings about the artist. With this volume, Andre's influential poetic oeuvre is now gathered comprehensively for the first time. The poems, which were often typed on 8 x 11 paper, are reproduced in quasi-facsimile, to convey Andre's sculptural intentions. Also included are essays by art historians Gavin Delahunty and Valerie Mavridorakis, and curator Lynn Kost."This book accompanied an exhibition, Carl Andre:...
Dates: 2014

Poesia in Formazione / Manfredi, Mauro., 1981

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Identifier: CC-05931-6043
Scope and Contents

Photographs of an installation held at Il gabbiano della Spezia in 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Poesie Action: Variations Sur Bernard Heidsieck, 2014

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Identifier: CC-61004-10003789
Scope and Contents

The book contains several essays including works of Heidsieck from the collections of the Centre National Des Arts Plastiques, personal interviews and reminiscences, and The importance of the Text-Sound-Compositions Festival. The DVD contributes "an intimate portrait of Bernard Heidsieck, pioneer in the sound poetry movement since 1955 and founder in 1962 of action poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

Poesie: Oeuvres choisies de Ian Hamilton Finlay / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32911-34527
Scope and Contents

Concerning Finlay's work the text states, "Many of his admirers surely know Finlay thanks to his elegantly printed works arriving by the mail like leaves pressed from an enchanted forest. Of reduced dimensions, they none the less have an interior monumentality generated by their simple structural clarity." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Poesies Sonores / Barras, Vincent, editor ; Zurbrugg, Nicholas, editor ; Burt W ; Chopin H ; Claus CF ; Duke JH ; Gysin B ; Heidsieck B ; Higgins D ; Jandl E ; Mann C ; Metail M ; Miccini E ; Ruhm G ; Schnebel D ; Scholz C ; Wendt L ; Zumthor P ; Zurbrugg N ; Zweig E., 1992

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Identifier: CC-27851-28986
Scope and Contents

The book consists of chapters written on the field of Sound Poetry; these include essays and interviews. There are only two typewriter art pieces in this book, both by Henri Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992