Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1920-07-30 - 2002-09-29
Found in 1116 Collections and/or Records:
4 Unpublished Poems / Cobbing, Bob., 1976
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Identifier: CC-17478-17844
6 Computer Scores / Cobbing, Bob., 1988
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Identifier: CC-17580-17946
8 or 9 Poems / Cobbing, Bob., 1971
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Identifier: CC-17488-17854
12 visual poems for a workshop 2nd edition / Beaulieu, Derek, editor ; Aguiar F ; Beaulieu D ; Cobbing B ; Werkman HN ; Spatola A ; spence p ; Waerness G ; Cameron C., 2010
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Identifier: CC-50961-72039
Scope and Contents
This book was first published in 40 copies in 2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2010
15 Shakespeare Kaku 3rd edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1973
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Identifier: CC-20097-20491
Scope and Contents
Designated minibooks number six. This is the third edition of the booklet. jw curry writes on the WEB: "15 Shakespeare Kaku was given a three-voice and organ live performance by Konkrete Canticle (Bob Cobbing, Paula Claire and Michael Chant) on April 23rd 1972 at a Shakespeare Birthday Week Gala Concert in Southwark Cathedral. The text presents fifteen spatially sequential typographical assemblages, I refer to them as figures, that are so partial as to be all but illegible. Two exceptions are the first and last figures, the first being a compacted version of the title page minus the word kaku, "shake" overprinted above and overprinted "spear". Although neither is cleanly present the expected closure Shakespeare can easily be made. Cobbing's final figure reprises the spear but does so to draw emphasis to "ear." The six-page text sequence begins on the recto with three horizontal figures, a double page spread with one vertical figure opposite to three more horizontal figures, a...
Dates:
1973
15 Shakespeare Kaku 5th edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1979
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Identifier: CC-46463-49192
Scope and Contents
Designated minibooks number six. This is the fifth edition of the booklet. jw curry writes on the WEB: "15 Shakespeare Kaku was given a three-voice and organ live performance by Konkrete Canticle (Bob Cobbing, Paula Claire and Michael Chant) on April 23rd 1972 at a Shakespeare Birthday Week Gala Concert in Southwark Cathedral. The text presents fifteen spatially sequential typographical assemblages, I refer to them as figures, that are so partial as to be all but illegible. Two exceptions are the first and last figures, the first being a compacted version of the title page minus the word kaku, "shake" overprinted above and overprinted "spear". Although neither is cleanly present the expected closure Shakespeare can easily be made. Cobbing's final figure reprises the spear but does so to draw emphasis to "ear." The six-page text sequence begins on the recto with three horizontal figures, a double page spread with one vertical figure opposite to three more horizontal figures, a...
Dates:
1979
15 Shakespeare Kaku Augmented Version / Cobbing, Bob., 1998
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Identifier: CC-45014-47190
Scope and Contents
This is an augmented version of an eight page booklet first published in 1972. It was first published in poems for Shakespeare by the globe playhouse trust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1998
15 Shakespeare Kaku / Cobbing, Bob., 1972
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Identifier: CC-17492-17858
Scope and Contents
Designated minibooks number six. This is the first edition of the booklet. jw curry writes on the WEB: "15 Shakespeare Kaku was given a three-voice and organ live performance by Konkrete Canticle (Bob Cobbing, Paula Claire and Michael Chant) on April 23rd 1972 at a Shakespeare Birthday Week Gala Concert in Southwark Cathedral. The text presents fifteen spatially sequential typographical assemblages, I refer to them as figures, that are so partial as to be all but illegible. Two exceptions are the first and last figures, the first being a compacted version of the title page minus the word kaku, "shake" overprinted above and overprinted "spear". Although neither is cleanly present the expected closure Shakespeare can easily be made. Cobbing's final figure reprises the spear but does so to draw emphasis to "ear." The six-page text sequence begins on the recto with three horizontal figures, a double page spread with one vertical figure opposite to three more horizontal figures, a...
Dates:
1972
67th Birthday Celebration / Bob Cobbing ; P Claire ; G Dowden ; T Green ; J Kerouac ; PC Fencott ; J Furnival ; DS Houedard, 1987
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Identifier: CC-17445-17810
1992 is Anniversary Year / Bob Cobbing ; J Pike, 1992
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Identifier: CC-20077-20471
A B C in Sound: Sound Poems 4th Ed / Cobbing, Bob., 1986
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Identifier: CC-17534-17900
Scope and Contents
Each page contains a poem for a letter of the alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1986
A Boatyard / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; MacBeth G ; Lucie-Smith E ; McCarthy C ; Finlay IH ; Cobbing B., 1969
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Identifier: CC-11719-11937
Scope and Contents
Each page depicts a sailing ship and a caption with its name designated for a poet, namely MacBeth, Lucie-Smith, McCarthy, Finlay, and Cobbing. The caption is a tongue-in- cheek characterization of the poet's work or performance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1969
A bunch of crooks in their Sunday best / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1997
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Identifier: CC-44984-47160
A Collection of Concrete Poetry / Dawson-Sinclair ; Cobbing B ; Cutts S ; Chopin H ; Furnival J ; Finch P ; Mills S ; Houedard DS ; Finlay IH ; Clavin H ; Dowden G ; Fisher R ; Gomringer E ; Kostelanetz R ; Lax R ; Lloyd A ; Curtay JP ; McCarthy C ; Lucie-Smith E ; McLuhan M ; Nichol bp ; Pacey P ; Nuttall J ; Gullar F ; Porter B ; Sharkey JJ ; Solt ME ; Spatola A ; Verey C ; Wildman E ; Williams E ; Duncalf S ; Fidler M ; Winkfield T ; McCarthy U ; Hollo A ; O'Huigin S ; Ward JP ; Jenkins P ; Torok K ; Gardner I., 1990
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Identifier: CC-14858-15171
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of concrete, visual and picture poetry was offered as a collection, not of individual items. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1990
A Collection of Concrete & Visual Poetry / Hoffberg, Judith ; Sharkey JJ ; Finch P ; Cobbing B ; Furnival J ; Finlay IH ; Houedard DS ; Nichol bp ; Chopin H ; Nova GL ; Minkoff G ; Loye P ; Phillips T ; Mon F ; Dohl R ; Cox K ; Schmidt W ; Arias-Misson A ; Aylward D ; Bedford D ; Blaine J ; Bory JF ; Brown P ; Burroughs WS ; Castillejo JL ; Carter A ; Clark TA ; DeCampos A ; cummings ee ; deCharmoy C ; Cutts S ; Garnier P ; Gosewitz L ; Gibbs M ; Hazelton DR ; Gysin B ; Heidsieck B ; Hausmann R ; Hirsal J ; Jandl E ; Kozlowski J ; Kilburn D ; Kolar J ; Kriwet F ; Mayer HJ ; Mayer P ; Pacey P ; Phillips MJ ; O'Huigin S ; Roth D ; Roysan BW ; Rowan J ; Schauffelen KB ; Themerson S ; Thacker E ; Valoch J ; Vaughn-James M ; Verey C ; Ward JP ; Williams E ; Wright E., 1979
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Identifier: CC-45811-48021
Scope and Contents
This is a catalogue for the first major collection purchased by the Sackners in the formative stages of their Archive. Hoffberg was representing Richard Aaron, the bookdealer who owned this collection. Hoffberg had offered the collection to Jean Brown who did not buy it but referred the Sackners as potential buyers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1979
A Daze of All My Days / Cobbing, Bob., 1989
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Identifier: CC-17612-17980
A Gala Exhibition / Cobbing, Bob; Houedard DS; Cox K; Wright E; Verey C; Furnival J; Finlay IH; Morgan E; Gerz J; Chopin H; Garnier P; Gette PA; Logue C; Lucie-Smith E., 1969
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Identifier: CC-19507-19890
Scope and Contents
Cobbing mentions that nearly a thousand items were included in this exhibition that took place over one month's period which thirty thousand people attended un London's Royal Festival Hall.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1969
A Good Fuck Makes Me Feel Like Custard / Cobbing, Bob., 1996
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Identifier: CC-45189-47373
A London Odyssey / Radin, Betty ; Cobbing B., 1989
Item
Identifier: CC-03152-3201
Scope and Contents
This book was designed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1989
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- Subject
- Sound poetry 582
- Concrete poetry 275
- Abstract markings 228
- Xerox art 127
- Documentation 117
- Performance poetry 108
- Conventional poetry 70
- Fragmented text 47
- Visual poetry 46
- Critical text 44
- Text over text 37
- Conventional non-fiction 30
- Visual art 26
- Visual/verbal 24
- Letter picture 23
- Repetitious text 22
- Typewriter poetry 22
- Biography 19
- Permutation 17
- Alphabetical text 15
- Conventional fiction 15
- Found poetry 15
- Calligraphic markings 14
- Computer art 14
- Calligraphic text 11
- Artist book 10
- Language poetry 10
- Music 10
- Shaped poetry 10
- Reference text 9
- Political text 8
- Book review 7
- Constellation 7
- Computer text 6
- Exhibition review 6
- Cancelled text 5
- Experimental fiction 5
- Musical notation 5
- Picture poetry 5
- Political poetry 5
- Artist book (citation) 4
- Conceptual text 4
- Correspondence art 4
- Illustrated book (limited edition) 4
- Mathematical poetry 4
- Assembling 3
- Auto-destructive art 3
- Fluxus 3
- Phonetic text 3
- Pre-Mallarme work 3
- Surrealism 3
- Typewriter art 3
- Bibliography 2
- Dada 2
- Diagram 2
- Experimental typography 2
- Film 2
- Illustrated book 2
- Minimalist poetry 2
- Mirror writing 2
- Neologism 2
- Portrait 2
- Typography 2
- Aphorism 1
- Artist book (limited edition) 1
- Asemic writing 1
- Bauhaus 1
- Comic strip art 1
- Conceptual art 1
- Constructivism 1
- Cubism 1
- Drama 1
- Graphic design 1
- Haiku 1
- Ideogram 1
- Lettrisme 1
- Music score 1
- Obituary 1
- Optical image 1
- Palindrome 1
- Stamp art 1
- Vorticism 1 + ∧ less
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