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Miniature Obscure, No. 2: Substitute, 1993

Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31858072458239]

Identifier: CC-06422-6540

Scope and Contents

The round cardboard case measuring 6.7" in diameter is made from handmade pulp such that bits of fragmented texts appear on its surface. Its lid is perforated in the center. The names of the contributors are printed on two concertinas made from red paper. One of the works has a background of the same word repetively printed in tight grid with two large empty letters, e.g., ER, superimposed = Ersatz (substitute). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Miniature Obscure, No. 3: Animal, 1993

Item — Box 154: [Barcode: 31858072459328]

Identifier: CC-06423-6541

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Miniature Obscure, No. 4: Dialogue, 1994

Item — Box 195: [Barcode: 31858072459674]

Dates: 1994

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Miniature Obscure, No. 7: Culinary, 1997

Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31858072458239]

Identifier: CC-28812-30127

Scope and Contents

Cards and objects of the same dimensions are stacked into a pyramid shaped, brightly printed, colored box. The artists and poets contributed one or several pieces to this assembling. The ceramic object made by Axel Fabry is a replica of a sunny-side up egg. The booklet is made like a sandwich. All other sheets relate to the theme of food. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry