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A TV Dante 2nd Series No.17 / Phillips, Tom; Phillpis L., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-54383-989902

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Scope and Contents

This page is titled "Dante in Rouen & Chicago." The upper right of the page is a newspaper photo of Tom Phillips holding a copy of Dante's Inferno and dignitaries at the Musee des Beaux-Arts. The upper left corner of the page is a mailing slip of the Inferno to Leo Phillips, his son.At the bottom center is an announcement of a TV Dante to be shown at The National Video Festival Reprise at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The work is described as follows: "A video montage of archive and original film combined with paint-box generated graphic images, the program achieves a narrative of contemporary relevance that is at once exploratory of both the original text and current video techniques." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 collage (ink, paint, handwriting, rubberstamped, ticket, paper, newsprint) in pvc laminated + box (clamshell, cloth covered, perforated, celluloid)) ; box 45 x 53 x 7 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips TV Dante box

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; Rouen, France : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. 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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