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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1804 Collections and/or Records:

Airs Waters Graces / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12528-12755
Scope and Contents

Printed by the Stellar Press. Each page depicts a picture poem some of which subsequently were made into prints and cards, e.g., Venus of the Hours and H)our Lady. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

[Alec Sensed...] / Baxter, Glen., 1984

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Identifier: CC-52452-73578
Scope and Contents

This card is part of the Bug House Archives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Almost half her length again / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Tammes, Diane., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35364-37098
Scope and Contents

The black and white photographs on the front and back covers depict two toy sailing boats in a pond. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Alphabet Series / Hutchinson, Peter., 1974

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Identifier: CC-29832-31213
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of photographs of one letter of the alphabet made in a distinctive material, an image relating to the letter, and a handwritten caption to the image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Alpine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Paterson, Dave., 1998

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Identifier: CC-35427-37162
Scope and Contents

The poems are constellations to describe the photographs of the two Alpine scenes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Although the Meteorological] / Furnival, John., 1997

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-28539-29821
Scope and Contents

A drawing of four windows in a partially drawn bolted door. The graphite pencil is worked onto the surface of the paper so that the glass panes have a silvery reflection. The complete text printed at the top of the drawing reads, " Although the Meteorological Office has not yet released the forecast for September, it is not expected to be a cheerful one. " Part of a series of eight prints in collaboration with Jonathan Williams, "St Swithin's Swivet." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

America / Ligon, Glenn ; Basquiat JM ; Barthes R ; Bochner M ; Golden T ; Kruger B ; Kosuth J ; Ruscha E ; Johns J ; Prince R., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52475-73601
Scope and Contents

The Sackners attended Ligon's exhibition at the Whitney museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Americruiser / Nettelbeck, F.A.., 1983

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Identifier: CC-34266-35957
Scope and Contents

The handwritten page in this limited edition is a manuscript page. The folded sheet is an announcement for a reading. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

An 18th Century Line on a Watering-Can / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1992

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Identifier: CC-12251-12475
Scope and Contents

The line (sentence) on the inside of the unfolded card reads, "The mute dispenser of the vernal shower." Vernal means youth or pertaining to spring and "vernal shower." It was utilized in a poem by Thomas Gray (British, 1771-1771) as "Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet. The still small voice of gratitude." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

An Alliterative Alphabet / Hutchinson, Peter., 1993

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Identifier: CC-44675-46839
Scope and Contents

Each page deals with one letter of the alphabet which depicts a image and a handwritten poem with each word beginning with the same letter of the alphabet. For example, the letter 'A' page reprints the following Aron ate abalone at alternate altitudes. "Anton asked after Anne, "Avon averred. Anne answered afirmatively, after assuming an attitude as alien as always." Animals argue as arrogantly," Anne asserted... The accompanying image to this story is a wrapper for 'Tums,' the antacid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

An Illustrated Esoteric Dictionary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1982

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Identifier: CC-12318-12544
Scope and Contents

The prints are tipped onto the papercard folder on its inner covers. One of the prints that is colored depicts a landscape surrounding the Temple of Fame, Studley Royal. The other print lists ancient dictionary definitions of dove; Dove, n. a flute-haunting bird; East, n., one of the four corners of the sphere; Fame, n., an effervescence; Gnomon, n., a rod, astaff, the shepard of hours; Horizon, n., a liberation, a bound. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

An Obsolete Native of Dent... / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13337-13638
Scope and Contents

Depicts a summer landscape through double windows and lists 19 words, several archaic or made-up, that describe the weather. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

An Obstreperous Companion / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35285-37019
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover is Roseby Willow-Herb that is also the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

An Uninviting Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

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Identifier: CC-35198-36932
Scope and Contents

This card depicts two colored photographs of a painting of the same country estate. The top one that is captioned, "An uninviting garden" is landscaped with plants. The bottom one that has been stripped of almost all of its landscaping and with a fence in front is captioned, "The same garden, supposedly improved by Strathclyde Region with the support of the Scottish Arts Council." The poem is a metaphor for Finlay's conflict over taxation of his gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

An Urn for Novalis / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Coates, Peter., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35369-37103
Scope and Contents

The image consists of two funeral urns, one labeled, Sophie, the other Xstus. The poem reads, Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997