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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 590 Collections and/or Records:

Frozen Sky, 1998

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-31488-32980
Scope and Contents

The title of the work is derived rom the cities of Floro, Norway; Zenag, Papua New Guina and Sandusky, Ohio. The face of the watch is covered with 25, three letter airline abbreviations of worldwide cities. Langlands & Bell focus of urban centers "in an abstract constellation evoking the persistent transience of contemporary urban life." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Furst Fruts Uv 1977 2nd Edition / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1978

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17518-17884
Scope and Contents

Designated fours number fifteen. Cover names are printed as lawrence cobton & bob upbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Furst Fruts Uv 1977 / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence ; Hanson S., 1977

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17502-17868
Scope and Contents

Designated fours number fifteen and is the first edition. Cover names are printed as lawrence cobton & bob upbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Gedicht [overlapping filled typed squares] (170664), 1964

 Item — Box 643
Identifier: CC-56698-10000086
Scope and Contents

In this poem, all the squares are typed, not collaged. The original typing is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Gloup and Woup / Cobbing, Bob, editor; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Cox K; Mayer P; Cobbing B; Edmonds T., 1974

 Item — Box 391: [Barcode: 31858072461555]
Identifier: CC-19807-20194
Scope and Contents

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Grin / Cobbing, Bob., 1979

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17510-17876
Scope and Contents

Designated minibooks number seventeen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Ground Rock Salt Grade, 1971

 Item — Box 634: [Barcode: 31858072491313]
Identifier: CC-17784-18154
Scope and Contents

A polyvinyl fragment from a found bag was utilized as the stencil for the print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Hedgehogs Announce Annual Turnover, 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12406-12632
Scope and Contents

This is a duplicate print from Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The word, "turnover" in this copy are orange whereas the print in the portfolio is brown.The verso has the following inscription: "from Evalines / Headlines by I.H.F. and students at Bath Academy of Art Openings Press." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Hold On, 1989

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-06730-6849
Scope and Contents

Rubber balloon incorporated into cover design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989