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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6454 Collections and/or Records:

Purity and Thinness in Concrete Poetry / Lucie-Smith, Edward; Schwitters K; Apollinaire G; Finlay IH; Johns J., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-07228-7370
Scope and Contents

Review of "Between Poetry and Painting" at the ICA in London. Lucie-Smith states "Concrete poetry is difficult to describe but easy to recognize." Stored with other material about this exhibition. Stored with material dealing with the Archive of "Between Poetry and Painting." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Purple A Omega] / Furnival, John., 1966

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Identifier: CC-13252-13553
Scope and Contents

Depicts purple overprinted letters, the A and Omega, in the shape of a regular cross. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Purse Seine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12945-13237
Scope and Contents

Seine is a fishing net...Purse may mean to gather up. The image consists of partially overprinted red colored "purse' words overlying green colored "seine" words -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Push Now , 1998

 Item — Box Adl-Agu: [Barcode: 31858072490794]
Identifier: CC-32632-34216
Scope and Contents

There is a concrete poem printed on each page that is derived from a single word with repetition of the letters of each word to a varying extent. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Qaani Lore / curry, jw., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19666-20052
Scope and Contents

Qaani Lore who drew the image on the cover is curry's daughter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

qbdp: 7Z1. No.286/Mar / Geof Huth., 2008

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Identifier: CC-49513-70559
Scope and Contents

The card was published by Pan American World Airways dated 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

qbdp: A of M. No.41/Dec / Geof Huth., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43783-45879
Scope and Contents

In his message to the Sackners, Huth indicates that he is sending a large mailing in 2005 and that he has been very busy. He states "Life always has a way of getting in the way of art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

qbdp: all of it of now. No.48/Apr / Geof Huth., 2005

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Identifier: CC-43792-45888
Scope and Contents

Huth mentions that he plans to send the Sackners his Bloog for the year - equivalent to three novels in length! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

qbdp: angue aglue. No.288/Apr / Geof Huth., 2009

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Identifier: CC-49560-70608
Scope and Contents

This card is misslabeled No.188 instead of No.288. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

qbdp: Day. No.38/Nov / Geof Huth ; Dencker KP., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43779-45875
Scope and Contents

Huth mentions in his message that he is helping Klaus-Peter Dencker wih his visual poetry book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004