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Typewriter poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1767 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished: [A MAN IN A COMA] [42] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57466-10000757
Scope and Contents

The figure is of a man in a coma being attacked by commas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [lying on one elbow] [48] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57474-10000765
Scope and Contents

This man enjoys lying on one elbow and looking at the stars is the typed figure. The stars are asterisks with calligraphic markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: MAN ENJOYING A CONTOUR CHAIR] [44] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57468-10000759
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man enjoying sitting in a contour chair. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 1] [32] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57453-10000744
Scope and Contents

This is the first version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 2] [33] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57454-10000745
Scope and Contents

This is a modified and simplified version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [PEOPLE ENJOYING] [41] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57465-10000755
Scope and Contents

A figure of a man on skis reads "As you can clearly see this man loves to ski." A figure of a man swinging a golf club reads "This man enjoys playing golf." There is also a typed ball on a tee at the bottom of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SANDBURG] [50] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57476-10000767
Scope and Contents

The image is a figure of a man (Carl Sandburg?) holding a sign that reads "THE PEOPLE YES", with graphite markings over portions of the typings. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [The Story of my Life] [49] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57475-10000766
Scope and Contents

The full page image is a figure of a man, supposedly a portrait of WJS, with graphite markings over portions of the typings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [this man loves to dive] [45] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57469-10000760
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man enjoying sitting in a contour chair is at the bottom of the page.The top is a figure diving off a board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Until It Changes, 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-57538-54099
Scope and Contents

Eva Ensler wrote an introduction to thei book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

[Untitled] / del Rivero, Elena., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-32368-33936
Scope and Contents

Several examples from the artist's series "Letter to the Mother" are photographically reproduced. The Sackner Archive holds a typed and sewn work with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995