ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

The initial 26 poems comprising, "Alpha Lace," consist of highly abstracted images of each letter of the alphabet formed by repetitively entwining each letter with another in varied fonts to achieve lace-like presentations. In other concrete poems, Hocker utilizes printed and mixtures of printed and handwritten words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover and three pages are illustrated with alphabetical stamps that commemorate the tenth anniversary of Jorge Luis Borges' death. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Kelsey Dale is a student at Art Center College under direction of Gloria Kondrup, the Director of Archtype Press where the work was printed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This consists of a set of pictures, one for each letter of the alphabet, with an attempt to include as many images as possible in the picture denoted by the first letter of its corresponding word. The book contains over 8000 items in its 26 pictures. The author also describes his working process in making the pictures, He includes an image of himself in all the pictures. The soft cover book accompanying the book lists all the images used for the puzzle book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This piece, folded like a travel map, reproduces two of Noble's fantastic landscape drawings. His works were included in the drawing exhibition in Queens MoMA in New York in 2002 and at the Whitechapel Gallery in London where the Sackners purchased this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.