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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4884 Collections and/or Records:

A Humument Second Revision Page 154 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-47481-68478
Scope and Contents

The image is of 50 small painted skulls in horizontal rows of ten, The text reads, "longer than echoing yesterday will be a to-morrow prepared for ourexcellent exodus. - hi - heet - I have ordered Our flight" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 154 (Yale & Royal Academy) (print) / Phillips, Tom., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-54437-123460
Scope and Contents

The image is of 50 small painted skulls in horizontal rows of ten, The text reads, "longer than echoing yesterday will be a to-morrow prepared for ourexcellent exodus. - hi - heet - I have ordered Our flight." The original of this print is also held in the Sackner Archive that depicts the same image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

A Humument Second Revision Page 165 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53473-291251
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing of a man's head that is half gray and half white and his gray torso. The poem reads, "toge - enter the evening - letter the lake - paper your image - give away want" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 167 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53474-291252
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing that resembles a decorative musical staff. The poem reads, "a dream of music a thought for reading eyes. - sing through the hushed ear" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 189 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53476-100345
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing of figures beneath a gray lattice background. The bottom of the page consists of white crumpled forms that may resemble bed sheets.The poem reads, "speech gave way - At last she felt toge - even night gave in" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 197 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-37682-39556
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts a portrait of Toge, the hero of "A Humument" in silhouette, looking at an empty canvas on an easel. The poem reads, "an end to time filling - do art - start at midnight art star toge - be doubtful and fresh." This drawing was exhibited at Phillips' Yale exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 201 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53478-291254
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts a framed landscape with a distant group of people in the front of tall green trees. An abstracted see-through large profile is placed in the lower right corner with a cubist profile within it.The text reads "ennui ennui under the trees, this and that personage, whom he ought to know, - the Count with siver and crimson beard - the King o two faces under parasols, refined velvety - the Baroness X --pretty as pain and the vulgar crowd a mundane murmur of dust" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 201 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-54264-643153
Scope and Contents

The poem reads, "ennui ennui under the trees, this and that personage, whom he ought to know, - the Count with silver and crimson beard - the King of two faces under parasols. refined velvety - The Baroness X pretty as pain and the vulgar crowd a mundane murmur dust" This drawing was exhibited at Phillips' Yale exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 208 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53517-291289
Scope and Contents

This image is based on page for Chapter XXI. The image is a night time London street scene with a shadowy figure in the lower left corner of the page.The poem reads, "Cross rusted angel well-worn he clutches Mrs. Dove - laden with London at six, or two, he dressed to face the blank wild time of London lit up - Everything had an air of blight--even the light" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 219 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53479-291255
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts a drawing resembling an African head in the center panel that is framed in pink tones. The poem reads, ""And who," he asked, "Oh," she replied, "the English long to be expensive - speak of him as a souvenir my dear - He brought last words, in covered lines full of broken suggestions to the British Museum, my dear - to the Museum" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 225 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53480-125001
Scope and Contents

This drawing divides the page in thirds: the left top half is a solid pink form, the right top half is black and white stripes. The bottom third is composed of a pink hatchmarked abstract figure.The poem reads, "clothes had fallen from her at the smooth banker's. - half a policeman came, "Well--are you not going to ?" he asked. - pose?" she answered." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 229 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53696-642792
Scope and Contents

The image on the page is of a fragmented gray man's portrait framed in the original text of the page. this portion is painted over with a light orange paint and drawn with fine black ink lines. The text reads, "I could be a book explaining everything on margins - I could be a photograph lifted from his heart, - Ah! To-morrow" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 233 (Yale & Royal Academy) / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53694-642790
Scope and Contents

This page is divided into four horizontal sections. Each image is a bushy landscape and each panel reflects the change from darkness to light, from night time to daylight through the windows of a train. In each panel the last letters of the station can be seen on a sign on the left hand side of the window.the text reads, "at last the train - pay to-day at the terminus of hope, - "Tickets ready-- - to-morrow. station by station the melancholy days receding," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 237 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53481-291256
Scope and Contents

This drawing contains hearts of varying sizes and colors. The poem reads, "times like that I feel the standard doubts - I am not free from general terms --I don't want heart times again - no hard place now" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 256 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53520-165000
Scope and Contents

This image consists of collaged texts from A Human Document pages. The poem reads, "last words be patient, - clinging to his voice - last words let me in - mind, gross mind talk sense, toge lost in words? - hidden I pick my body: and brain - doing the word, toge lost in words? - mind, mind talk sense - he spoke the eternal woman;" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 272 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53516-291288
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing on the top of the page of varying lines of grays, white, black and silver diagonal stripes and a bottom gray organic form. The poems reads, " with silver ink - illuminate his mythology. - me, ladies. me. in the vaulted hall,A figure of rust - faded fifty: and faultless - ow" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 279 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53522-291290
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing on the top of the page of ghost-like golden figures, on the middle of the page nine black figures, and on the bottom of the page a pink figure in silhouette surrounded by two black figures.thhe poem reads, "stan gage - twelve, for breakfast, alf shrink and ron comptoir - alf rosp - ted wink - len welve, and eve sardine - clare somewhat and olive ribe - al plish - val rant. - Mrs. morn-spot - bill with his friends al about him." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 289 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53523-291291
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing that is divided into 12 squares each with male and female gray heads in profile.The poem reads, "that, despite what is cost her, she was still - he was conscious of a momentary chill - Don't touch me; don't come near me; you are ill - what was sleep till I believe I really will - brain-fever. be at peace Go at her will, - even now that slow, low voice said better till to-morrow morning in bed with a chill - "don't trouble me with questions. write a will" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 300 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

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Identifier: CC-53521-234000
Scope and Contents

This image consists of a pink figure of a man on a mottled horse riding in a landscape with a starry sky. The poem says, "in rode toge the art narcotic, aching with nights; - her paints and pencils passed away," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Humument Second Revision Page 301 / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-53525-165006
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a drawing that is divided into seven varying sized panels, each with a different patterned background. The poem reads, "many men design Miss M - Grenville following a melancholy gong ding ding - the winding room - The landing, - the wrong room - the bare room - Mark and the antiquated tart - toge in the tomb beyond the dusty air a changed man in his face. Our room - the next room - Irma dreams of no one suffering mothing, - my room a quiet exhibit" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986