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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Kruhy / Ovcacek, Eduard., 1964 - 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-53625-13600
Scope and Contents

Kruhy, the title of this suite of prints adapted from typewriter poems, means circle in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964 - 1966

Kruhy / Ovcacek, Eduard., 1964 - 1966

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Identifier: CC-05250-5352
Scope and Contents

Kruhy, the title of this suite of prints adapted from typewriter poems, means circle in English. The donor of this work to the Archive, Petr Sevcik, provided an English translation of the poems on a page accompanying the portfolio. This is an unnumbered copy of the portfolio that calls for numbering. Further, it is incomplete since the numbered copy that is also held by the Sackner Archive includes 20 prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964 - 1966

Lekce Velkeho A: Konkretni a Vizualni Poezie 1962-1993 / Ovcacek, Eduard ; Valoch J., 1995

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Identifier: CC-28167-29330
Scope and Contents

This book consists of examples of Ovcacek's typewriter, letraset, and stencilled letter works done between 1962-1993 along with critical essays in the Czech language. Jiri Valoch contributed an introductory essay. Ovacek's typewriter poetry marks him as one of the foremost contributors to this style of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Obraz A Pismo / Andrezej Banach, curator ; Ovcacek E ; Trinkewitz K ; Valoch J ; Finlay IH ; Kolar J ; Hoffmeister A ; Novak L ; Burda V ; Staudacher H ; Malich K ; Kubicek J ; Burkhardt K ; Hirsal J ; Butor M ; Tola L ; Mayer HJ ; Mon F ; Heissenbuttel H ; Varilova V ; Barborka Z ; Nebesky L ; Honys J ; Prochazka J ; Williams E ; Ruhm G ; Grogerova B., 1966

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Identifier: CC-58550-10001774
Scope and Contents

This might be a book rather than an exhibition catalogue but the author is not readily apparent. The last page of this copy has been cut and mended with Acotch tape without destoying he content of the poems. The title translates to works on writing or letttering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Offene Buch, Das No.2 / Daniel P ; Dluzniewski A ; Dencker KP ; Groh K ; Ovcacek E ; Valoch J ; Gomringer E ; Adamus K ; Kolar J ; Grogerova B ; Hirsal J ; Novak L., 1999

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Identifier: CC-37991-39876
Scope and Contents

This exhibition dealt with concrete poems installed in public places. There are also critical texts about concrete poetry by Gomringer and Valoch in the catalogue. Peter Daniel lists his work in exhibition in the Sackner Archive's "Hebrew Concrete Poetry" in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

[Untitled] / Ovcacek, Eduard ; Hartmann A ; Zhof I., 1989

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Identifier: CC-51513-72611
Scope and Contents

A Hartmann contibuted an essay in Czech on the verso of the print that depicts a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989