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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4805 Collections and/or Records:

A Humument First Revision Page 141 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53376-136670
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a distorted peace sign and melted gray lines behind a gray metal fence. The poem reads, "The air seemed full of dead generations. - Hi ros hi ma - I ring arms, and the woman" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 143 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53377-136671
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a two panels. The left side is an abstsract painting with white angled stripes. The right side contains gray horizontal stripes with free form lines and organic elements within. The poem reads, "the second part of this high silence - I call poetry.." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 163 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-46416-49143
Scope and Contents

The images on the simulated film strip suggest a sexual encounter. Blue film is a slang term for a pornographic movie.This poem reads, "turn to serious syllables - soft as your body in the blue film of the hush and whisper of your mind." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 176 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53422-100090
Scope and Contents

This image is of small human figures falling downward on a mottled green background. The found text seems to refer to Dante's Inferno. The poem reads, "My stories of a soul's surprise a soul which crossed a chasm in whose depths I find I found myself and nothing more than that. - Such trouble transfigured is mastered life." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 183 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53380-136675
Scope and Contents

This page consists of three abstract, colorful fruits on a yellow surface with a pale blue background.The poem reads, "O art sing the wild choice of mind fruits." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 185 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53424-100094
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The image resembles a multi-colored flame.The text seems to have reference to Dante's Inferno. The poem reads, "Every day of my life is like a page - only connect toge - like two lonely voyagers discussing passion, they examined it and cried in the dark," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 187 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53381-136676
Scope and Contents

This page consists of seven vertical rows of seven images of small men in varying positions each on a dark background.The poem reads, "words work - nature conditions - needs kill - women support - friends fit - nothing happens - successes close - experience knows - time walks - faculties function - exercise kills - star shuts - life stands alone." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 188 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53426-100095
Scope and Contents

This image contains the stencilled numbers 3437 in the center of the page. It may be related to a Futurist painting by Humberto Boccioni. The text reads, "no remedy is allowed - all of us suffer suffering seven tiimes seventy times seven - the stabiliity principle" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 203 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

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Identifier: CC-53436-100104
Scope and Contents

This image is divided into two panels that resemble photographs in an album. Both the top and bottom pictures contain ghost-like forms on hatch marked backgrounds. The poems read, "the calm art of the electric drawing - a private photograph of the arranged objects" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 204 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

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Identifier: CC-53382-136677
Scope and Contents

This page consists of an abstract male figure and an abstsract female figure in a jungle background.The poem reads, "Grenville as self-savage - Now he came leaping to his unexplored jungle woman who stood amongst wolves - with her only last night, a new kind. mixed with pain." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 212 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53423-100091
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This image shows a room with vividly colored walls and ceiling and an open door on the right hand side. The poem reads, "like a star far away His whole soul seemed when the door throbbed with invitation - perplexity with a note in a large envelope a card for a party at the house of attering words, - the moment he entered the party rocades leamed, and yalty was owage - there was more than one huffled nignan - but one bass nignit to ene or huckle," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 220 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53383-136678
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a round clock like figure with white abstract markings on the center of the page on a multi-colored cloud background.The poem reads, "art What time is it? - art "When shall I come again." - You had, indeed, better go now, said art into the maze of suburban roads, heavy with London." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 226 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53437-100105
Scope and Contents

This image consists of two panels divided by the heading for CHAPTER XXIII. The top panel is a black ink drawing of stars in the sky. The bottom larger panel resembles a lush watery seascape. The poem is in the bottom panel and reads, "words in winter. - cold like the other side of the mother-star" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 245 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53438-100106
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This image is of a colorful cubist figure, both male and female. The poem reads, "Irma, Irma, I am both of us - some record of Irma will swear art and soul my life depends on you." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 248 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53439-100107
Scope and Contents

This image is of a flesh colored seated nude woman. the poem reads, "he changed the record - and said - even your clothes fancied you" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 262 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53384-136679
Scope and Contents

This page consists of a series of British flags of varying sizes. The poem reads, "England my aunt - England my aunt, - I must have lessons in rat action language attack and advanced cruel thought." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 270 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53440-100108
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This image is of a large man's head resembling Shakespeare, on a green background.The poem reads, "now that the time has come he has come - written like shadows - like daylight painted - 'He has come !' come down to to observe the varnished hands ; and the hasty order" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 275 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-34910-36623
Scope and Contents

This page depicts a semi-abstract, portrait from the rear, of Samuel Beckett seated in a restaurant. The poem reads, "And once again yesterday in the restaurant - yesterday in the restaurant. - A figure clothed in a suit of light adorned distinguished dark distinct, - must have been the devil." This drawing was exhibited at the Marion Boesky Gallery in a group show entitled "Poetry Plastique" (2001). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 285 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-54238-643129
Scope and Contents

This page consists of red abstact marks upon a blue background with the following rubberstamped randomly arranged words each within a circle. The poem reads "the paper back voices the moment - at a word the moment He stamped, he stamped the moment - jeal is the wrong word. - so is gure - so is epress." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Humument First Revision Page 288 / Phillips, Tom., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53385-136680
Scope and Contents

This page consists of an abstract male upper body figure with raised arms on a patterned gray background.. The poem reads, "alone toge - even the music rose to go;" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980