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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2969 Collections and/or Records:

SF / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Thomson, George L.., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12529-12756
Scope and Contents

At Finlay's Serpentine exhibition (1977) in which Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne" was shown, the Nazi SS organization was equated with nature. It signified the ultimate 'wildness' on a scale whose other 'cultivated' extreme was the 18th century. This book traces the progression (or descent) from the civilized script of this period in which 'f's were customerly substituted for 's's - to the double lightening stroke emblem of the SS; a gradation between 'Culture' and 'Nature.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Sforzi Letterari (To Exert Letters) / Miglietta, Enzo., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-06561-6680
Scope and Contents

The image is a large "A" filled with random micrographic letters & numbers being hoisted into place by stick figures with a system of pulleys composed of micrographic letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

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

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

 Item
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