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Lax, Robert

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1915 - 2000-

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

[0 & Adult Learning] / Lax, Robert; Merton, Thomas., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-30790-32236
Scope and Contents

These images were printed in Monks Pond. Stored in Lax box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

24th & 4th / Lax, Robert., 1994

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Identifier: CC-07647-7792
Scope and Contents

24th & 4th is an address in NYC where Lax observed life from a window in the 1950's. The poem, set in a more conventional style than Lax's characteristic poems, was first published under a pseudonym, Peter Lewis in 1958. The art work was done by Steve Fairnie. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

27th & 4th, 1994

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Identifier: CC-27972-29122
Scope and Contents

The title is the address of the office building in New York City from which Lax observed the cityscape that inspired these poems. A vertical format to the poems layout is seen in these early poems (c.1958) which becomes more fully developed in his later sparer, more meditative poems. The illustrations were drawn by Steve Fairnie. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

33 Poems, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-37423-39276
Scope and Contents

The book was edited by Thomas Kallein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

33 Poems / Lax, Robert ; Kallein T., 1987

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Identifier: CC-06835-6956
Scope and Contents

The book was edited by Thomas Kallein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

A Thing That Is, 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29898-31285
Scope and Contents

The book was edited by Paul Spaeth who is the curator of the Lax Archives at St. Bonaventure University, He also contributed an introductory essay. The style of several poems in this book are reminiscent of ee cummings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Abstrakte Poesie / Lax, Robert ; Reinhardt A., 1985

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Identifier: CC-37427-39280
Scope and Contents

This catalogue mainly consists of an extensive bibliography of Lax's work. The title of the exhibition, "Abstrakte Poesie" does not appear in the catalogue, only in the contemporaneous exhibition announcement. The back cover reproduces a letter from Ad Reinhardt to Robert Lax. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Archive for Homage to Robert Lax / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal; Lax, Robert., 1974

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Identifier: CC-61242-68315
Scope and Contents

This archve includes manuscripts of Finlay'a book as wella as a lettle of critique from Robert Lax himself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Fogli di Zona: A Poem. No.1 / Robert Lax., 1978

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Identifier: CC-11484-11700
Scope and Contents

This is a publication of Zona. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Green Island: Abstract Poem. / Robert Lax ; Emil Antonucci., 1973

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Identifier: CC-31446-32936
Scope and Contents

Edited by David Kilburn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Green Island: Rosebud. / Robert Lax., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-31444-32934
Scope and Contents

The inside cover of the folder depicts a photograph of a woman in a flapper dress and the back cover contains a typical Lax poem. Edited by David Kilburn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Green Island: The Port Was Longing. / Robert Lax., 1984

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Identifier: CC-31447-32937
Scope and Contents

A photograph from the bridge of a ship taken by David Kilburn is printed on the inside front cover and a poem by Lax is printed on the inside back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

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Minimalist poetry 22
Concrete poetry 14
Conventional poetry 11
Visual art 6
Calligraphic text 4