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Collection Ou: Poems [Maquette Edition]. No.6 / Ladislav Novak ; Henri Chopin, editor., 1976

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Identifier: CC-20047-20438

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Scope and Contents

Translated from the French into English by Jean Chopin. Wkiipedia: Froissage is a method of collage developed by Czech artist Ladislav Novak in which the lines made by crumpling up a piece of paper are used to create a drawing. One major exponent of the art of froissage was Jirí Kolar. He acquired a reputation as one of the most inventive 20th-century Czech artists. A member of Group 42 and the first Czech Group of Experimental Poetry, he assisted in the development of the collage techniques of froissage and confrontage. During that time, writing poems and crumpling up pieces of paper were considered subversive activities and were discouraged by the then-powerful Communist regime. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 archive + manuscript + soft cover book + 60 unbound pages (typed, letraset) + photograph b&w + drawing (froissage, paper, ink, handwriting, watercolor) + collage (letraset, photograph b&w, graphite) + 7 letters (typed) + 4 letters (ink, handwriting) in slipcase (cardboard, paper covering, wood, collaged, LABEL) + [binder]) ; 27 x 22.7 x 1.1 cm (book) + 37.2 x 27.2 x 1.9 cm (slipcase) + 34.5 x 24.9 cm (drawing) + 37.3 x 36.8 x 6 cm (binder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf binder second bedroom alcove

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: Ingatestone, England : Henri Chopin.Signed by: H Chopin (b.c.- collage); Ladislav [Novak] (l.r.- letters). General: About 1 total copy. A letter copy. General: Added by CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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