The Legalization of Cake / McClurg, John Wayne., 1976
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Scope and Contents
This work is an unstructured, illustrated, erotic, tour de force of a novel. The papercard pages made by Mohawk Paper Mills are hinged in two places to enable the accordion construction. In commemts pn the internet, McClurg states tha it took 15 hours to assemble one copy. The covers are thick cardboard. There are 15 pages that have typewritten texts and the remainder are handwritten. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1976
Creator
- McClurg, J. (John) (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + (accordion) + pages (offset, ink additions, graphite additions, crayon additions, painted additions) + page (collaged, paper, staple) + folded pamphlet (208 pages)) ; 22.8 x 29.3 x 12.8 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
Item in cataloguing queue EE 4/10/23 Sackner Location: guest room bookshelf
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: Greenleaf, Wisconsin : John McClurg. Signed by: John W. McClurg July 19,77 (l.r.- title page). Inscription: this copy of cake is For my friend Dick Kempe. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 85 total copies. About 11 number copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921