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Dante Diary: Number XVII / Phillips, Tom; Mayer H., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53769-76542

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Scope and Contents

This seventeenth page from Dante Diary which is dated 5 June 1980 contains six discs of WHY SPEND and six discs of WHY SAVE? several of which are collaged. The page also contains several ink sketches of the same. In his text, Phillips writes "XXIV/V/LXXX. 43 years old!...Temporarily held up wtih Dante work since Hansjorg [Mayer]has brought along thousands of transparencies, proofs, etc, of a humument and I must work on them...Silkscreens seem to be working out very expensive & I'll probably have to do more lithography." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, ink colored, gouache, collaged, rubberstamped, handwriting) in pvc laminate + artist box (cloth covered)) ; 26 x 29 cm, in box 39 x 44 x 5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips Dante diary box

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: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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