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Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1896 - 1963

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Fondements pour la Transformation Integrale du Theatre Tomb I , 1953

 Item
Identifier: CC-37266-39112
Scope and Contents

This book is the theoretical text that deals with Isou's ideas on the theater. It is printed on paper alpha mousse des papeteries Navarre and does not include the photographic portrait of Isou as does the trade edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Fondements pour la Transformation Integrale du Theatre Tomb I, 1953

 Item
Identifier: CC-37267-39113
Scope and Contents

This book is the theoretical text that deals with Isou's ideas on the theater. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Fondements pour la Transformation Integrale du Theatre Tomb I , 1953

 Item
Identifier: CC-37268-39114
Scope and Contents

This book is the theoretical text that deals with Isou's ideas on the theater. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Le Coeur à gaz, 1946

 Item — Box 614: [Barcode: 31858072461001]
Identifier: CC-55605-64906
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: The Gas Heart or The Gas-Operated Heart[1] (French: Le Cœur à gaz) is a French-language play by Romanian-born author Tristan Tzara. It was written as a series of non sequiturs and a parody of classical drama"”it has three acts despite being short enough to qualify as a one-act play. A part-musical performance that features ballet numbers, it is one of the most recognizable plays inspired by the anti-establishment trend known as Dadaism. The Gas Heart was first staged in Paris, as part of the 1921 "Dada Salon" at the Galerie Montaigne.In The Gas Heart, Tzara's appears to have aimed at overturning theatrical tradition, in particular the three-act play, which resulted in the suggestion that the text is "the greatest three-act hoax of the century". American literary historian David Graver, who compares The Gas Heart with Le Serin muet, a play by Tzara's friend Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, notes of the two texts that, together, they "pulverize the elements of conventional...
Dates: 1946
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Neil Baldwin Man Ray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1276
Scope and Contents The Neil Baldwin Man Ray Collection contains photographs, research notes, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Neil Baldwin’s biography (Man Ray: American Artist) and documentary (Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde) of the artist. This collection is made up of seven series: photographs; critiques, features, reviews; Man Ray biography; Naomi Siegler Savage; interviews; and Man Ray documentary. The series and folders indicate Baldwin’s original organization. As a result, some folders, particularly those within the PHOTOGRAPHS series, contain duplicate materials.The first series includes photographs by Man Ray and other. Photographs includes images of Man Ray, pictures that Man Ray took, pictures of Man Ray’s art objects, reproductions of his drawings and paintings, as well as photographs from Neil Baldwin’s trips to Paris in 1984 and 1986. Of note, the folder “Man Ray and his works, c. 1916-1952” includes pictures of...
Dates: 1920-2002
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

Poor Old Tired Horse. No. 16

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Dates: -
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Poor Old Tired Horse

Spring 1996 / Phillips, Elizabeth ; Arp H ; Tzara T ; Barron S ; Bellmer H ; Bertini G ; DeGonet J ; Cahun C ; Dubuffet J ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Ford CH ; Goncharova N ; Hugnet G ; Hutchinson P ; Iliazd ; Eluard P ; Johns J ; Lebedev V ; Lissitzky E ; Mayakovsky V ; Miro J ; Ray M ; Butor M ; Roth D ; Rozanova O ; Schwitters K ; Filliou R ; Ting W ; Warhol A., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-32950-34567
Scope and Contents

The following books are listed and held by the Sackner Archive: "Aveux non avenus" by Claude Cahun; DADA 3; "Oreille gardees" by Jean Dubuffet; "For the voice" by El Lissitzky; "Le Courtisan grotesque" by Joan Miro and Iliazd; "1 cent Life" by Walasse Ting. -- 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 (processed) / PERIODICALS / EXHIBIT CATALOGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Surrealismo Surrealistas, 1983

 Item — Box 319: [Barcode: 31858072490786]
Identifier: CC-21467-21878
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) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[Untitled], 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-22324-22747
Scope and Contents

Includes essay by M. Jochimsen, "Stories Behind the Story: Remarks on Michael Badura's New Works," a reproduction of Badura's list of works from period 1957-1975, and a reproduction of "Pladoyer" held by the Sackner Archive. -- 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 (processed) / BOOKS