Typewriter poetry
Found in 1767 Collections and/or Records:
unita gargoyl, th: Rune. No.7/Apr / Karl Kempton., 1975
Unpublished: [A MAN IN A COMA] [42] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
The figure is of a man in a coma being attacked by commas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [COLLOQUY] [30] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [DIVER 2] [36] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [DIVER 3] [37] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [lying on one elbow] [48] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: MAN ENJOYING A CONTOUR CHAIR] [44] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
The figure of a man enjoying sitting in a contour chair. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 1] [32] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
This is the first version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 2] [33] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
This is a modified and simplified version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [PEOPLE ENJOYING] [41] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SANDBURG] [50] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SKIER 1] [38] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [SKIER 2] [39] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [SKIER 3] [40] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [The Story of my Life] [49] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [this man loves to dive] [45] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unscheduled Appointments / Huth, Geof., 1987
Until It Changes, 1988
Eva Ensler wrote an introduction to thei book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Bernstein, Charles., 1978
[Untitled] / del Rivero, Elena., 1995
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.