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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1054 Collections and/or Records:

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

Head, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51991-73093
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Hedgehogs Announce Annual Turnover / Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 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

Henri et Jean, 1977

 Item — Folder 32: [Barcode: 31858072459914]
Identifier: CC-19781-20168
Scope and Contents

The large letters, H and J, stand for Henri and Jean as a celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

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

homage a leopold sedar senghor (100763), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56063-9999510
Scope and Contents

Leopold Sedar Senghor was a Sengalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal for two decades. He was the first African elected as a member of the Academie francais. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Honey by the Water, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12917-13209
Scope and Contents

The edition includes 1000 copies in paper wrappers, 200 copies numbered and signed by Finlay and 26 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray lettered and signed by Finlay. Consists of a collection of previously published concrete poems and seven sundial drawings. Stephen Bann contributes an afterword of seven pages. In it, he describes Finlay's widespread usage of metaphor and calls attention to his current work based upon Classicism and Symbolism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Honey by the Water, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12918-13210
Scope and Contents

The edition includes 1000 copies in paper wrappers, 200 copies numbered and signed by Finlay and 26 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray lettered and signed by Finlay. Consists of a collection of previously published concrete poems and seven sundial drawings. Stephen Bann contributes an afterword of seven pages. In it, he describes Finlay's widespread usage of metaphor and calls attention to his current work based upon Classicism and Symbolism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Horizont, 1978

 Item — Box 134: [Barcode: 31858072457850]
Identifier: CC-10648-10857
Scope and Contents

The poem is slanted downward to the right and translates as "My Horizon." Designated as blatt 55.78. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978