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crashcolour / Balestrini, Nanni., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-50227-71293

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Scope and Contents

Balestrini placed fragmented letters printed with an ink jet printer work on canvas as the basis for this work. He then randomly painted within several letters the colors, orange, yellow, green, red, blue and purple. The background letters are of varyied fonts and sizes typical of his poetic works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2008

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 painting (acrylic paint, jet ink printed, hand colored additions) in canvas) ; 50 x 50 x 2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

hallway 2nd floor

Custodial History

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

General

Published: Rome, Italy : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Nanni Balestrini 2008 (u.l.- verso). Inscription: per Marvin Sackner. Nationality of creator: Italian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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