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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2968 Collections and/or Records:

Artists Books: Wandrers (Geheimnis). No.18 / Gerhard Ruhm., 1985

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Identifier: CC-24919-25372
Scope and Contents

Stored on shelf with Hundertmark material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

At Sunrise / Adler, Jeremy., 1968

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Identifier: CC-37577-39434
Scope and Contents

This poem was composed with the same layout as the one with the same title but with "Chinese-like lettering" in conventional hand printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

At Sunrise (Chinese-like lettering), 1968

 Item — Folder 51: [Barcode: 31858072537842]
Identifier: CC-37572-39429
Scope and Contents

In a personal communication to the Sackners, Adler commented that this poem-drawing was an attempt at a new visual alphabet equivalent to Chinese lettering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

At the Edge of the World / Adler, Jeremy., 1994

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Identifier: CC-28245-29415
Scope and Contents

Adler has a drawn a small calligraphic, handcolored poem on the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

At the Field's Edge (3) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11903-12125
Scope and Contents

The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary Hut." The drawing is structured over a Finlay work "sea ms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

atraquil/ilebiret (271068) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-09098-9277
Scope and Contents

The typed subtitle of the poem is "poem for tariqali following the reversible hasut-humanity & shari ha-law." The work is typed with handwriting on tranluscent, hand cut paper. DSH has written the instruction for letter press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Attenzione Una Grande Novita La Poesia / Tola, Luigi., 1959

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Identifier: CC-01103-1132
Scope and Contents

This is a fine historic example of pre-poesia visiva. Tola belonged to Gruppo Studio, a Genovese group of artists founded in 1958 and still active in 2003 (see exhibition catalogue). This work represents one of Tola's "Wall Poems" as he called them at that time. Wikipedia: uigi Tola ( Genoa , October 5 1930 - Genoa , 25 June 2014 ) was an artist and poet Italian . Tola was one of the greatest exponents of Visual Poetry Italian. Active mainly in Genoa, where he founded the cultural centers The Porch, The Carbaga. He was also founder and director of the magazines Marcatré, Trerosso, The Ball. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1959

Auf den Leib geschrieben; Merlin Leporello 1 / Schindehutte, Ali ; Waldschmidt, Arno ; Dorpal, Draginja ; Jung, Reinhold., 1967

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Identifier: CC-34590-36289
Scope and Contents

The image is a nude woman with text handwritten on her entire body. She is wearing boots and carrying a copy of the Spiegel magazine. This book was one of four held by the Sackner Archive utilized to illustrate the authors' novel, "Ich frass die weiss Chinesin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Auf den Leib geschrieben; Merlin Leporello 2 / Schindehutte, Ali ; Waldschmidt, Arno ; Kein, Ernst ; Niederstrasser, Katinka., 1967

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Identifier: CC-34592-36291
Scope and Contents

The image is a semi-nude woman with handwritten text covering her upper body. She is wearing jeans and standing with a cat at her feet. This book was one of four held by the Sackner Archive utilized to illustrate the authors' novel, "Ich frass die weiss Chinesin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Auf den Leib geschrieben; Merlin Leporello 3 / Schindehutte, Ali ; Waldschmidt, Arno ; Artmann, H.C. ; Jung, Reinhold., 1967

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Identifier: CC-34593-36292
Scope and Contents

The image is the back of a nude woman with text handwritten on her entire body. She is standing in a cooking pot with vegetables scattered on the ground. This book is one of four held by the Sackner Archive utilized to illustrate the authors' novel, "Ich frass die weiss Chinesin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Auf den Leib geschrieben; Merlin Leporello 4; Merlins Beitrag zum schwarzen Humor; Leporello 5 / Schindehutte, Ali ; Waldschmidt, Arno ; Neuss, Wolfgang ; Niederstrasser, Katinka ; Krolow, Karl., 1967

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Identifier: CC-34594-36293
Scope and Contents

The image is two nude women with text handwritten on their entire bodies. They are wearing boots and have a calligraphic cartoon bubble printed in red above their heads. This book is one of four held by the Sackner Archive utilized to illustrate the authors' novel, "Ich frass die weiss Chinesin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967