A Humument Not to be Published Page 46 / Phillips, Tom., 1985
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Scope and Contents
This unpublished page consists of two sections of text cancelled by ink lines. Several lines of text may be read on the upper part of the page. A multi-line text portion remains at the bottom.The text reads, "to my seeming paradox. I have done with love--true : but - love does, like an unreasonable woman in a railway-carriage, - itself : nor does it ask that others should be crushed together, - to push them out of the windows. Such an affection I can not only understand, but I long to give and to receive it. - pencil. the book - ink them in. - The verses in question were as follows-- doubts chill it: much; a touch can kill it, at a touch." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1985
Creator
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (gouache, ink) in mat (museum board)) ; 18 x 12 cm, in mat 31 x 24 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
alcove Phillips Humument box miscellaneous
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: London, England : 57Talfourd.com. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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