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Chopin, Henri, 1922-2008

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922-06-18 - 2008-01-03

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ecarts de Bal, 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-19577-19962
Scope and Contents

The bird-like shapes of the perforations are repeated in the bird shapes of the folded papers collaged onto the several pages. Except for the page with text by Chopin, the book is entirely white and was handmade by Bal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Luce Lune, 2001

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Chopin, Henri: [Barcode: 31858072491297]
Identifier: CC-37452-39305
Scope and Contents

This magnificent presentation of poetry and typewriting art uses varying shades and types of silver papers, several different type fonts and letter sizes and 16 typewritten poems that Chopin calls Dactylo-Poems. There is an inserted nine page accordion pamphlet entitled "Phases de Lune." The typography in this book dances across the pages. In this example Number A, there are five unique typewriter drawings; three represent the full moon and two are square figures. In addtion and not called for in the colophon, Chopin inserted a unique typewriter poem as the frontpiece that is captioned, "fresco for the signs in 2001 for Ruth and Marvin Sackner..." This tirage consists of 150 unsigned examples, 10 signed examples including an original typewriter poem, and the unique edition, copy A, that is signed and includes five unbound original typewriter poems as well as an additional smaller size typewriter poem within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001