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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Irish Lecture Series: Samuel Beckett, 2006

 Item — Folder 76: [Barcode: 31858072538352]
Identifier: CC-45980-48686
Scope and Contents

The image on this poster is a reproduction of a portrait by Tom Phillips entitled "Samuel Beckett at the Riverside Studio." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Klassische Landschaft , 1985

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12569-12801
Scope and Contents

Two versions of a landscape by Johann Christian Reinhart are altered by the words Xaipe and W ave inscribed into stones in the foreground. The former means hail or farewell in Greek and ave in the latter picture means the same in Latin. The addition of w creating the word wave relates to the flowing spring. There is a stone in Finlay's garden inscribed WAVE/ave. Printed by the Stellar Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

L'Atoll / The Atoll, 2003

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-43227-45286
Scope and Contents

The happy holidays card says "with love & gratitude for your great help with the exhibition & with love & very best wishes as ever, Sonja & Bill." The print appears to be an abstract image of a Pacific island (atoll). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Lettre de Cachet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1981

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12446-12673
Scope and Contents

The title printed in red is on a reproduction of the Scottish Arts Council stationery and is captioned "Souvenirs of the French Revolution." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

L.H.O.O.Q., 1995

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-28951-30282
Scope and Contents

This stamp is appropriated from the Marcel Duchamp ready-made of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Line Sails, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53741-642820
Scope and Contents

A note on the folder states that this was originally published by Gallery Number Ten, London, 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Marine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Caulfield, Patrick., 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12424-12651
Scope and Contents

Depicts four lemons inscribed with numbers of Scottish fishing ships in a basket and the label in larger letters, "Marine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Marine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Caulfield, Patrick., 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12425-12652
Scope and Contents

Depicts four lemons inscribed with numbers of Scottish fishing ships in a basket and the label in larger letters, "Marine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Maritime Works, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-46434-49163
Scope and Contents

Several prints depicted in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Memento Mori - The Juggler: Vittore Baroni at 44 , 2000

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-37555-39412
Scope and Contents

The stamp depicts a stick figure juggling four balls and labeled 1956 2056 (Baroni at 2000 was 44 years of age). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Mixtures , 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-44388-46537
Scope and Contents

This book depicts representative examples of Calleja's poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Modern Antiquities, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35422-37157
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of 29 black and white photographs taken by Hannappel of Finlay's garden, Little Sparta. One page has a poem by Hoderlin translated by Harry Gilonis, opposite a photograph of a contemplative Finlay, sitting on a bench in the garden just outside his house, The poem reads, "At peace the ploughman sits outside his cottage in the shade... A drawing on the inside cover of the book provides the sites in the garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Noble Truths, Beautiful Lies, & Landscape Architecture, 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-28910-30236
Scope and Contents

This book is a thesis dissertation for the degree of Master of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University. Its content deals almost exclusively with Ian Hamilton Finlay's spurned 1988 commission for a revolutionary garden at the former site of the Hotel des Menus Plaisirs, Versailles. Keeney describes the project and the political fall-out when the commision was withdrawn. This book is filed with Finlay material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993