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Found poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 909 Collections and/or Records:

Typecast / Vleeskens, Cornelis., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-42244-44250
Scope and Contents

These collages are a miscellany of Vleeskens poems, some of which appeared in his 1970-1980 book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Unlesbar / Bremsspur., 2011

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Identifier: CC-54958-990371
Scope and Contents

The artist has covered the front and back covers with black and yellow stripped tape. The artist's name means "Skid Mark" in German. This trade edition book was appropriated by the artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Unnatural Pebbles with Detached Sentences on the Pebble / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Grasby, Richard., 1981

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Identifier: CC-12531-12759
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces photographs of polished stones calligraphically inscribed with minimalist poetry referenced to mythology. The latter is printed on facing pages to the photographs. Finlay provides an explanation of the meaning of some of the more obscure phrases inscribed on the pebbles. Finally, he lists Detached Sentences on the Pebble at the end of the book, e.g., A pebble is a crumb of ancient geology, Kettle's Ward in Cambridge, England is the "Louvre" of the pebble, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Untitled: From Ridiculous Portraits / Wilson, May., 1990

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Identifier: CC-52464-73590
Scope and Contents Zoubek Internet: "A pioneer of the "Mail Art" movement of the 1950s and 1960s and a singular voice in the artistic landscape of Feminism, MAY WILSON (1905-1986) defied the accepted standards of the art world and of society, creating mixed-media works that explore the construction of gender and identity in both two and three dimensions. Born in Baltimore in 1905, Wilson's life as a suburban housewife seemed a likely fate. At the age of 42, however, she committed herself to the idea of becoming an artist, enrolling in correspondence classes in fine art and art history (anticipating the departure of her grown children). By promoting and selling her early efforts, Wilson was able to sustain a viable career as an artist. She produced what were regarded as "primitive" paintings by those in the surrounding suburban area "“ brightly colored canvases that lacked the spatial depth of Realism, reflecting the Modernist influence of Cezanne and his followers. In 1956 the artist's son, author...
Dates: 1990

[Untitled] / Sackner, Sara., 1979

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Identifier: CC-59862-10002917
Scope and Contents

Found pages of text are interwoven on a visual background and stitched around the borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[Untitled] / Sackner, Sara., 1979

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Identifier: CC-59865-10002922
Scope and Contents

Found pages of text are interwoven on a visual background and stitched around the borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[Untitled] / Sackner, Sara., 1979

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Identifier: CC-59871-10002928
Scope and Contents

Found pages of text are interwoven on a visual background and stitched around the borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Untitled / Sackner, Sara., 1979

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Identifier: CC-59872-10002929
Scope and Contents

Found pages of text are interwoven on a visual background and stitched around the borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[Untitled] / Sherri Tan., 1991 - 1993

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Identifier: CC-01506-1539
Scope and Contents

The collaged text on this sculpture is reminescent of the work of Jiri Kolar. The incorporation of the found steel tool that gives a visual impression of a couple copulating with a dried flower framed next to tool imparts an erotic theme to the work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991 - 1993

Unusual Abbreviations / Anonymous., 1980

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Identifier: CC-26723-27193
Scope and Contents

Each postcard has the a famous abbreviation printed on the message side and the full name of an organization in England printed on the sending side with the same abbreviation, e.g., C.I.A. = Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes, N.A.T.O. = National Association of Temperance Officials, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Utopic Furnace Press: The Kitten's Ride. No.5 / jw curry., 1983

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Identifier: CC-19791-20178
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive also holds the maquette for this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983