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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Biased Analogies, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-46189-48904
Scope and Contents

The generic letter accompanying this book is directed to a reviewer to read this promotional copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Bicentenary Tricolour , 1989

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-10992-11206
Scope and Contents

The poem on the French tricolor flag reads, "Liberty for Some; Equality for Some; Fraternity for Some" rather than "for All." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bicentennial Poster: Keep It Up America. No.2., 1976

 Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 31858069877862]
Identifier: CC-23442-23886
Scope and Contents

The image depicts icons of an erect penis formed by a rolled dollar bill and testes by two half dollar coins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Bogendruck: Vergrossern! Vergrossen die Freude!. No.8/Jul., 1972

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 31858072538063]
Identifier: CC-22803-23238
Scope and Contents

Image taken from a postcard depicting Adolf Hitler in 1936. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Broadside No.9: Germany, 1993

 Item — Folder 73: [Barcode: 31858072538089]
Identifier: CC-34958-36673
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a stylized broken arm with a fractured Swatstika arm band with the hand aflame. The smoke from the fire consists of a political address in 1993 set in bold type by Helmut Kohl, the leader of Germany dealing with solving the world's problems with money. This overlays a text with fainter type dealing with protection of the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Classical/Neoclassical / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12361-12587
Scope and Contents

The classical image is of a six layer cake; the image of neoclassical is of six stacked drums. In each picture, the sizes of each layer become progressively smaller from botton to top. The cake probably refers to Marie Antoinette's pre-revolutionary statement, "Let Them Eat Cake!" and the drums refer to the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Collection OUt: Immaculate Contraception. No.00 , 1971

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-35922-37686
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a photograph of a seated pope with collaged elements of a female torso in the opening of the papal robe and the body of nude ancient stature pointing his arm at the pope's forehead. A paper doily is collaged below the papal image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Definitions, 1967

 Item — Box 315: [Barcode: 31858072490836]
Identifier: CC-26474-26943
Scope and Contents

The school notebook format for this book was designed by Eleanor Antin. This is the first edition of the author's first book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Demonstration, 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-09880-10076
Scope and Contents

This complex collage, an illustration for Jules Verne's "Aound the World in Eighty Days," depicts a parade and a mob scene with American voting slogans and company names. The main image was cut from an engraving done around 1900. An exhibition catalogue of Kolar, Mesens, Schwitters & Hoffmeister at Grosvenor Gallery, st that Hoffmeister "...was the first artist to use typography as a total compositional medium regardless of the meaning of the actual words, concentrating on the purely visual image." Wescher (Collage 1968) wrote that he was the grand master of collage. This collage is depicted in Adolf Hoffmeister This collage is not depicted in the Adolf Hoffmeister book 1902-1973 edited by Karel Srp on page 283. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Dingfest, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-37314-39165
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of Jandl's poems from 1952 - 1971. Up until 1963, the poems were conventional but in 1963, a constellation appears. Hans Mayer wrote an afterward to the book. The cover consists of a printed text of Jandl's poetic achievements from a historical perspective. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Dingfest 3rd Ed., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-37315-39166
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of Jandl's poems from 1952 - 1971. Up until 1963, the poems were conventional but in 1963, a constellation appears. Hans Mayer wrote an afterward to the book. The cover of this edition consists of a printed poem by Jandl. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Flight from America, 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-15509-15836
Scope and Contents

John Furnival designed the front and back covers with a concrete poetic theme. This book is stored in Furnival's box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965