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Lost & Found Characters / Butella, Alan., 1997

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Identifier: CC-36424-38216

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Scope and Contents

The author/printer used letters, numbers and symbols to create typographical explorations. "Each page of vellum with characteristic dancing type is interspersed with a page holding a central emblem which is also made of type."Doug Kisor writes in the introduction," Unyielding alphabets shaken loose from their disciplined path gather in new patterns. Moody riddles, shifting the tool of the specific into an expressive sign, their existence indicating a place, a path, an idea, a vision, a collective consciousness. Zoomorphic forms that translate into complex stories, embracing whimsy, myth, and ritual." The small typographic emblems in the book are also featured in a stamp sheet print held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (riveted spine) + 17 pages (vellum, printed) + 16 pages (collaged, printed) + sheet + bookmark (38 pages)) ; 19.6 x 14.5 x 1.4 cm (book) + 7.4 x 11.2 cm (sheet)

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: Chicago, Illinois : Circle Studio. Signed by: Alan Butella (b.c.- inside front cover). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 250 total copies. About 160 number copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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