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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1791 Collections and/or Records:

In Memorium: Nikolai Oleinikov (1898-1937) / spence, pete., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-44178-46304
Dates: 2003
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(unprocessed)

In Sweet Harmony and Agreement with It Self: grove / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-43157-45213
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with philosophy of life after John Smith, the Cambridge Platonist. The text is printed on green colored card stock signifying a 'grove.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
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(unprocessed)

In the Fishtank / Weinman, Paul ; Dinkel, Harold., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-00604-618
Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

In the Garden of Andrew Whittle's Rose Cottage / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35348-37082
Scope and Contents

The line drawing on the cover depicts a toy airplane suspended by a fishing rod above a patch of leaves. The poem reads, Rows of beans - And one old bomber - To scare the birds. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
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(unprocessed)

...in which something happens all over again for the very first time / Evans, Cerith Wyn., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-48833-69868
Scope and Contents

There is a large section in this book of stories printed with experimental typography. Evans is an installation artist who exhibited in the famous Sensations show in London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Inauguration of the orchard - Replenishment of the larder / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35254-36988
Scope and Contents

The booklet is arranged such that one reads through the first poem, Orchard, and then reverses the booklet to read through the second poem, Larder. Orchard is printed on green colored paper and larder on orange colored paper. With a single word to a page, Orchard reads, Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plum, Tree, whereas Larder reads, Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plum, Jam. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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: Booklets (unprocessed)

Infinite / Depew, Wally., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-55174-9995
Dates: 1990
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(unprocessed)

Information Series One: Beano. No.12, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-28085-29244
Scope and Contents

A photograph of Beano is laid in on the inside back cover and a caption on the inside front cover notes that this man, who was a performer in Ripley's "Believe It or Not Show," had perfect control over his vascular circulation so that he could stop blood flow even when purposely cut. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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 (processed) / BOOKS / SMALL BOOKS

inner inSights, 2005

 Item — Box 333: [Barcode: 31858072491024]
Identifier: CC-47105-49844
Dates: 2005
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Innuendo / Carroll, Lewis., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20672-21074
Scope and Contents

This is a spoof (author unknown) on a book written by Lewis Carroll in 1922. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Inscription / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12264-12488
Scope and Contents

The poem lists the life span and popular names for five Japanese WWII airplanes, e.g., PETE 1946-1945 (Mitsubishi F1M, Navy Type 0 Observation Seaplane). The cover depicts photograph of one of these airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
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(unprocessed)

InstaBook: Team Evil. No.1 / Bill Fick., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-44910-47082
Dates: 2004
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Installation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-13002-13294
Scope and Contents

The drawing on the cover depicts a guillotine with the blade up over a basket and is titled Installation; the drawing on the verso is a guillotine with the blade down over a basket and is titled Event. -- 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: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Instruments of Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12590-12822
Scope and Contents

Photographs of bronze sculptures in the exhibition were collaged onto the pages. The catalog was designed by Finlay, Pia Simig, and Paul Khera. The photographs were taken by Antonia Reeve and Stephen White. Stephen Bann contributes an essay that describes and analyzes each work in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Integrale / Pannaggi, Ivo., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-44824-46995
Scope and Contents

The theme of this poem deals with women's deodorants. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970
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(unprocessed)

Interior/Interieur: Homage to Vuillard / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-12437-12664
Scope and Contents The print depicts the word "Singer" in orange letters on a brown and orange background. In Finlay's homages, that distance is often marked by an ironic wit, what Bann called 'a minor key': a diminution of scale that is friendly and playful, but not without a certain edge to it. The Homage to Pop Art (1973), for instance, restates Cezanne's 'the cylinder, the sphere, the cone' in terms of an ice-cream cone; the Homage to Seurat (1972) transforms the artist's pointillism into a connect-the-numbered -dots painting kit. Other homages are less obviously playful, but no less complex. The Homage to Vuillard (1971) consists of the single word SINGER, printed in warm shades of yellow and brown that recall the intimacy of Vuillard's interiors. The literal meaning of the word (Vuillard as the 'singer,' or celebrator, of domestic life) is both reinforced and slyly commented on by the association of 'Singer' as the leading trade name of sewing machines (Stephen Scobie: Earthquakes&...
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(unprocessed)

Irish Lecture Series: Samuel Beckett, 2006

 Item — Folder 76: [Barcode: 31858072538352]
Identifier: CC-45980-48686
Scope and Contents

The image on this poster is a reproduction of a portrait by Tom Phillips entitled "Samuel Beckett at the Riverside Studio." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Iron Ship / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-11971-12194
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an ironing instrument on its side as a metaphor for a ship. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972
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(unprocessed)

Isis Slices / Moskovitz, Jack., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-06238-6353
Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

It Moves (from Brambu Drezi) / Berry, Jake., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-23659-24106
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(unprocessed)

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