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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 607 Collections and/or Records:

Eat - Fat, 1992

 Item — Box 296: [Barcode: 31858072460755]
Identifier: CC-00789-808
Scope and Contents

The work consists of two large painted letters, "A" & "T." The third Letter, an "F" can be converted to an "E" by adding a fourth piece, a bar to the "F." In that way, the sculpture can be read as EAT or FAT. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

ED 912 Posters (July): Parole in Liberta, 1968

 Item — Folder 27: [Barcode: 31858072459864]
Identifier: CC-14168-14473
Scope and Contents

Calendar page for the month of July. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

ED 912 Posters (Situazione, No. 3): Rain, 1966

 Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 31858072459856]
Identifier: CC-14149-14454
Scope and Contents

Through the printing of Japanese ideograms, the poet conveys an image of rain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

ED 912 Posters (Situazione, No. 5): Movimento, 1966

 Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 31858072459856]
Identifier: CC-14151-14456
Scope and Contents

On the verso of thIs numbered copy, the signature of the previous owner, Bob Cobbing appears. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

eé (and it is), 1967

 Item — Box 309: [Barcode: 31858073143632]
Identifier: CC-52480-73607
Scope and Contents

This is also designated No.2 of the series "fonemi plastici 1967." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Eiffel Tower, 1966

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-30366-31781
Scope and Contents

This print is depicted on page 43 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Eiffel Tower, 1968

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13320-13621
Scope and Contents

This depicts the Eiffel tower as a shaped poem. The text is drawn by Furnival in his unique calligraphic style. A major portion of the poem consists of repetitive printed words, e.g., down under, stale, etage, escalation, etc. On the left side cluste word "rain" are slanted downward over the tower to emulate Apollinaire's famous poem. The rain falls on a cluster of the word "people" assembled at the base of the tower. The poem was reprinted in 1994 and both versions are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968