Shaped poetry

[12 Poems] (240463-150663), 1963

Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]

Identifier: CC-08756-8930

Scope and Contents

This work consists of 12 concrete and conventional with handwritten corrections. The poem, POEME BLANc (140663) consists of the title with an empty space below it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / H / Houédard, Dom Sylvester

Accidental Nature, 1993

Item

Identifier: CC-02744-2787

Scope and Contents

Depicts Sutherland's rendition of an avalanche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / W. Mark Sutherland

Alphabet Delight, 2007

Item — Box 198: [Barcode: 31858072459682]

Identifier: CC-46563-49292

Scope and Contents

This dinner set was produced with the help of George Mill. Each plate and the napkin contain a different design composed of letters from the Serbian alphabet. This is a first edition of a unique limited collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Au Pair Girl 1, 1964

Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]

Identifier: CC-56273-9999711

Scope and Contents

The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Au Pair Girl 2, 1964

Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]

Identifier: CC-56274-9999712

Scope and Contents

The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Bildade Manniskor (4 Facsimiles) / Key-Åberg, Sandro, 1965

Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Collected Poems Volume Fifteen: Gibbering His Wares / Cobbing, Bob ; Manson P., 1996

Item — Box 388: [Barcode: 31858072463676]

Identifier: CC-31689-33198

Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Peter Manson. The final section of this book consists of annotations to the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / C / Cobbing, Bob / Collected Poems Volumes

Colour Me Dutiful, 1986

Item — Box 144: [Barcode: 31858072457975]

Identifier: CC-39127-41069

Scope and Contents

The cast paper case is a death mask of a woman. Each drawing is a rubberstamped portrait of a woman's facial features dealing with her response to cosmetics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Counter-Blast, 1969

Item

Identifier: CC-06778-6897

Scope and Contents

This book designed by Harley Parker is a contemporaneous parody of Wyndham Lewis' Vorticist magazine Blast. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Marshall McLuhan

Fir-Tree Song, 1965

Item — Box 624: [Barcode: 31858073143889]

Identifier: CC-38208-40104

Scope and Contents

The poem is laid out in the shape of a fir tree. This copy is from the unsigned, unnumbered edition of 175; 75 copies were signed and numbered by Lucie-Smith. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Five Experimental Poems, 1975

Item — Box 619: [Barcode: 31858072461043]

Identifier: CC-38488-40395

Scope and Contents

A seach of Grice's publications on the WEB revealed that he has written non-fiction and fictional works (Penguin Press) mostly for young readers. However, no poetry books were listed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Four Experimental Poems, 1975

Item — Box 619: [Barcode: 31858072461043]

Identifier: CC-38489-40396

Scope and Contents

A search of Grice's publications on the WEB revealed that he has written non-fiction and fictional works (Penguin Press) mostly for young readers. However, no poetry books were listed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Gorgona: Stupidogram, No. 9, 1966

Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]

Identifier: CC-62679-48817

Scope and Contents

Each book consists of a one page drawing entitled "Stupidogramm" consisting of a grid of commas with an area enclosed by an ink line drawing. Not one of the 200 copies is alike. This publication is stored in the 'R' flat files drawer. Note that Roth uses the name Diter Rot for this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Dieter Roth

Hebrew Micrography: One Thousand Years of Art in Script , 1981

Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]

Identifier: CC-26371-26838

Scope and Contents

The author writes, "Israeli artist Jacob El-Hanani has created his own variation on calligram micrography in his Constructivist style, using minute cursive Hebrew script to form a textured carpet of writing. Although the result differs from the traditional micrograph and calligram, his perseverance proves El-Hanani to be a true descendant of the Medieval masorah scribe." The Sackner Archive holds a work like Arvin has described. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / Avrin, Leila

La Nuit du prisonnier, 1945

Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]

Identifier: CC-32984-34604

Scope and Contents

The cover and title page depict a poem shaped like bars in a prison cell with the repeated words LA NUIT and the words "du prisonnier" in the middle. The book includes a reproduction of a Valentiner Hugo black and white portrait of Guy Levis-Mano. The name "Jean Garamond" printed on the cover as responsible for the images is a non-de-plume for Guy Levis-Mano. This one of 40 copies of the book is printed on Holland paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Guy Lévis-Mano

L'Homme de Parole, 1997

Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]

Identifier: CC-34475-36172

Scope and Contents

The book represents a man's body with a white, plastic spiral spine, a face and hair made of cut, smaller spiral spine material, a heart shaped heart printed with "je t'aime," and appropriately shaped booklets for the arms, abdomen, legs and penis. Crombie wrote the Sackners that these book objects were too difficult to transport and make so that none of the editions were completed as stated in the colophon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997