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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2954 Collections and/or Records:

shant i ? / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-55784-9999314
Scope and Contents

The handwritten text on the verso is "shant i ? / shanti." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

She, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22215-22637

shotsuns sunstoys / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-55750-22335
Scope and Contents

The title "shotsuns sunstoys " reads the same upside down. The other reversals on this card are " yeah yeah" and "yeh yah." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Siete Caligramas / Zeller, Ludwig., 1969

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Identifier: CC-29986-31377
Scope and Contents

Susana Wald, Zeller's wife, in an accompanying letter (May 3, 1987), provides a translation of the seven poems from Spanish to English. The translation of the calligram in the accompanying image reads: I see the enigmatic ancient bird renewed - In the word that covers the facade in flames - Then speak to me trilling your eternal leaves - Your secret plumage that lives with dreams - The black heaven streaked with meteors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Silent Souls, 1993

 Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]
Identifier: CC-10396-10599
Scope and Contents

The image is more controlled than the pages in the [Hobo Book], a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Simon Callow Bookplate / Phillips, Tom., 2008

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Identifier: CC-47684-68702
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Callow was born in Streatham, London, England, UK, the son of Yvonne Mary (née Guise), a secretary, and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman. His father was of English and French descent and his mother was of Danish and German ancestry. He was brought up Roman Catholic.Callow attended the London Oratory School and then went on to study at Queen's University Belfast ('Queen's') in Northern Ireland before giving up his degree course to go into acting at the Drama Centre London. Callow's immersion in the theatre began after he wrote a fan letter to Sir Laurence Olivier, the Artistic Director of the National Theatre, and received a response suggesting he join their box office staff. It was while watching actors rehearse that he realised he wanted to act.Callow made his stage debut in 1973, appearing in The Thrie Estates at the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Edinburgh. In the early 1970s he joined the Gay Sweatshop theatre company and performed in Martin Sherman's critically acclaimed...
Dates: 2008