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It's In the Box, 1997

 Item — Box: 209
Identifier: CC-28564-29850

Scope and Contents

The box includes representative booklets, cards, and objects made by Collins, some for other mail art publications. A neck tie has a sewn label, Christian Boltanski (rather than Christian Dior). An accompanying typed pamphlet lists the publication where these works appeared along with the tirage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 poem object) : sheet (photocopied, collaged) + 3 pamphlets + pages (mylar) + envelope (acetate, metal clips) + pamphlet + 4 pages (printed) + color photograph + envelope (paper, rubberstamped) + leaflet (aceate) + scroll (stencilled) + leaflet (folded, rubberstamped) + page (collaged) + necktie + badge (papercard, printed) + flat stick (wooden, printed) + pouch (paper) + weight (metal) + 5 cards (printed) + folder (paper, printed) + sheet (photocopied, medicine tablet) + poem object (paper, cut, folded, graphite, handwriting) + 2 envelopes (paper) + sheet (folded, perforated) + 4 sheets + 5 sheets (collaged) + card (ink, shorthand notations) + label (printed, string) + 6 map fragments (paper) + 2 tickets in box (cardboard, collaged), all in 1 box (cardboard) ; 16 x 22 x 6 cm (box)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Collins, 1997.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Teddington Middlesex, England : Patricia Collins. Signed by: Patricia Collins (b.c.- back cover pamphlet). Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 50 total copies. 4 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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