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Negative/positive typography

 Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Das Buch "Steinigung der Nacht", 1960

 Item — Box 616: [Barcode: 31858072461019]
Identifier: CC-50264-71331
Scope and Contents

Stored in folded state. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Schuldt

Negative / Noel, Ann., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-29693-31068
Scope and Contents

One of few examples in the Sackner Archive in which the text has been designed with negative/positive typography. The poem reads, "Negative Imagine Which," etc. Ann Stevenson married Emmett Williams and initially used the name Ann Noel Williams but later dropped "Williams" and retained the name "Ann Noel." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / Oversized