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Il Secondo Libro della Sibella Cumana (libro-opera) / Caruso, Luciano., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19145-19524

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Scope and Contents

This book wholly consists of calligraphic text in several styles. The utilization of heavily built-up paint on the one hand and sparkles on the other to form letters of the words is unusual in artist books genre. The words are written onto tissue paper of pink, green, purple, red and blue colored stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (collaged, tissue paper, crayon, sparkles, glue, paint, gold leaf, ink, handwriting) (223 pages) in cover (collaged, label, ink, handwriting)) ; 48 x 34 x 2.5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

flat files

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: Florence, Italy : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: luciano caruso, 1982 (l.r.- final page); Luciano caruso (t.c.- label). Nationality of creator: Italian. General: About 1 total copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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