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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1766 Collections and/or Records:

Adam's First Words to Eve / Furnival, John., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12698-12941
Scope and Contents

A reclining, naked Adam is depicted in Classical sculptural imagery enunciating, "So what? Small is Beautiful! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Adventurer - Bath / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Clark, Laurie., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12024-12247
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a line drawing of a sailing vessel bow named Adventurer - Bath. This is a head-on drawing of a sailing ship with what looks like a liquid soap dispenser in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

AEIOU Blue & Gloire de Marengo / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Dinkel, Madeleine., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12104-12328
Scope and Contents

These preparatory drawings were intended for glass water-floating sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Aeronaut Schwerer Kreuzer "Prinz Eugen" / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12988-13280
Scope and Contents

The image and caption on this card deal with the sinking of a wooden model in 1994 of the Nazi warship "Prince Eugen." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Affection / Torok, Karl; Cutts, Simon., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-33223-34853
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After Bernini / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12367-12593
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a confident Apollo,a metaphor for the French revolutionary leaders, and a frightened Daphne, a symbol of the beginning Republic as indicated by her wrappings of the French Tricolor flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Jones, Grahame., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-11850-12071
Scope and Contents

Printed by John Tetley. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

After John Flaxman R.A. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11044-11259
Scope and Contents

Christmas card from Finlay. John Flaxman (1755-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After John Flaxman R.A. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-12062-12286
Scope and Contents

Depicts a landscape image from a Greek classic but the caption deals with an allied air raid in progress. John Flaxman (1755-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After Terborch / Phillips, Tom., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-54420-52442
Scope and Contents

Gerard Terborch (1617-1681). He was a Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes noted for their subtle light and color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After the Russian / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12460-12687
Scope and Contents

Finlay's three worded constellations serve as captions for Furnival's drawing of a Russian sailor and ship. First published in London Magazine in January 1969. This work is cited as a pamphlet (also held by Sackner Archive) but not as a print. There is also a signed edition of 300 copies.There is no reproductions in the Finlay Prints 1963-1997 book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After the Russian / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Furnival, John., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12459-12686
Scope and Contents

Finlay's three worded constellations serve as captions for Furnival's drawing of a Russian sailor and ship. First published in London Magazine in January 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

After Theocritus / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lindsley, Kathleen., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35204-36938
Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

After Thomas Hearne / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12028-12251
Scope and Contents The card consists of two similar images that depict a Palladian inspired house at a distance from a tree lined foreground. The captions of one image is "Palladian" referring to the house and of the other "Picturesque" to the more complex landscape. Wikipedia 2011: Thomas Hearne (1744 "“ 13 April 1817) was an English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator. Hearne was born at Brinkworth near Malmesbury in Wiltshire. He came in his teens to London, and had to work as a pastry cook, but in 1763 was awarded a premium by the Society of Arts. In 1765 he was apprenticed to Liam Woollett, the engraver, with whom he stayed for six years. In 1771 he travelled to the Leeward Islands with the newly-appointed Governor-General, Sir Ralph Payne. He remained there for three-and-a-half years, making drawings of the characteristic features of the islands. This work also employed him for two years after his return to London in 1775, and turned the direction of his art from engraving to...
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Agentzia Blatt: To Be A BEEEEEEEE, No. 4, 1971

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Identifier: CC-23517-23962
Scope and Contents

The image is a large "bee" with a caption from the title below it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Aggie Weston's: Persiflage. No.19/Win / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; Rod Gathercole ; Cutts S., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-26816-27286
Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Air Letters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Frame, Robert., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-11705-11923
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Air Letters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Frame, Robert., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-11706-11924
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Air Letters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Frame, Robert., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-11707-11925
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Airs Waters Graces / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12528-12755
Scope and Contents

Printed by the Stellar Press. Each page depicts a picture poem some of which subsequently were made into prints and cards, e.g., Venus of the Hours and H)our Lady. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

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