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Typoaktionen 2 / Mayer, Hansjorg., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-54851-54652

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Scope and Contents

This is a portfolio edition of "typoaktionen" (1967), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. Hansjorg Mayer defines Concrete Poetry as follows: In concrete poetry the typographical shape is used on its own as an aesthetic element. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (26 prints (letterpress, signed & numbered) + 4 prints (letterpress, unsigned) in clamshell case (museum board, paper covered)) ; prints 30 x 42 cm, in case 31 x 43 x 2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Stuttgart, West Germany; Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Edition Hansjorg Mayer; Print Gallery, Pieter Brattinger. Signed by: hansjorg mayer (l.r.- prints). Nationality of creator: German. General: About 100 total copies. 20 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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