Yellow Flags, 2010
Scope and Contents
The original title is "The Triumphal Procession of White Clouds Moving Upstream" and calls to mind his Neo Fauve poem from 'Flags From A Remnant Railway' of 1975. It was first printed as a letterpress postcard on the tredle platten press at The Trent Bookshop in 1969. It was subsequently reprinted in The Sea is Silent by Coracle 1991, amongst other places. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2010
Creator
- Mills, Stuart, 1940-2006 (Person)
Full Extent
1 item (1 poem object) : 1 plate (metal, vitreous enamel, 4 holes) + 1 card (letterpress), all in 1 bag (stitched, cloth label) with envelope (paper, rubberstamped) ; 13 x 22 x 1 cm (plate), 22 x 13 cm (card), 24 x 15 x 2 cm (bag), 25 x 18 x 2 cm (envelope)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Original Sackner Archive Location
glass case 2 bedroom
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Tipperary, Ireland : Coracle Press. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 15 total copies. 3 number copy.
Processing Information
Added by: RUTH; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa
319-335-5921