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The Word Made Flesh / Drucker, Johanna., 1989

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Identifier: CC-16305-16653

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Scope and Contents

The first five pages feature a large heavy black printed "T" surrounded by or incorporated with letters or parts of words printed in black. The large letter completes the word. This is followed by pages that use one large black printed letter on subsequent pages to spell out the title of the book. In turn, these letters are surrounded by or incorporate letters or words printed in black or red ink. The smaller black letters have varied typefaces and dimensions while the red letters are printed with the same uppercase typeface. The typography is a modern day version of the style used by Ilia Zdanevich when in lived in Tiflis, Russia in the teens and twenties. In his books of that time, he printed two letters in a vertical row adjacent to one larger letter repetitively to indicate multiple words. Drucker has written a biography on Iliazd as Zdanevich was known when he migrated to Paris and appears to have been influenced by this distinctive typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (riveted spine) + pages (letterpress) (22 pages)) ; 27.1 x 32 x .5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Drucker, 1989.

General

Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Bow and Arrow Press. Signed by: Johanna Drucker (l.r.- colophon). Inscription: For Marvin & Ruth. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 55 total copies. About 22 number copy. General: Variable edition; multiple copies available. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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