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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:

Kite: Willing Wings / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1971

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Identifier: CC-11942-12165
Scope and Contents

Finlay uses the kite as a metaphor for a leaflet dropping, propoganda, aircraft aimed at the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Fulcrum Press to argue his displeasure with these two groups. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Kriwet Stars: Band 1, 1971

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Identifier: CC-61487-10004002
Scope and Contents

This is one of three volumes that reproduces Kriwet's scrapbook of images along with some collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Kriwet Stars: Band 2, 1971

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Identifier: CC-61485-10004000
Scope and Contents

This is one of three volumes that reproduces Kriwet's scrapbook of images along with some collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Kriwet Stars: Band 3, 1971

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Identifier: CC-62385-8008
Scope and Contents

This is one of three volumes that reproduces Kriwet's scrapbook of images along with some collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Kunst der Revolution / Stermer, Dugald, editor ; Sontag S., 1970

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Identifier: CC-34476-36173
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces 100 colored, revolutionary posters from Cuba along with Susan Sontag's critical essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Kurskym Delnikum Prozatimni Pomnik / Rozkov, Juri ; Mayakovsky, Vladimir ; Jiri Taufer, translator ; Picasso P ; Carra C ; Marinetti FT ; Apollinaire G ; Hausmann R ; Grosz G ; Rodchenko A., 1982

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Identifier: CC-35672-37422
Scope and Contents

The book reproduces 17 colored photomontages done by Rozkov in 1924 to illustrate Mayakovsky's poem, "To the Workers of Kursk who Extracted the First Ore - A Provisional Memorial of the Work of Vladimir Mayakovsky." These photomontages were included in an exhibition of Rozkov's work in 1930. Nothing is known about Rozkov's life. This book is stored on one of the 'M' shelves. Not listed in any library on the internet (2012). Includes an introductory essay by Vladimir Remes. Translation of Mayakovsky's 1923 poem into Czech by Jiri Taufer. Yuri Rozhkov, a student at the Vkhutemas State High School for Art and Design created the included color photomontages using lines from Mayakovsky's poem and presented them to the artist. They were included in Mayakovsky's 1928 exhibition "Twenty Years of Work." The original of the montages are currently housed in the collection of the State Literary Museum, Moscow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

La fin d'un millenaire / Lebel, Jean-Jacques ; Heidsieck, Bernard ; Chopin H., 2000

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Identifier: CC-58658-10001892
Scope and Contents

This catalogue reproduces a great deal of ephemera from 1959 to 2000. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

La Revolution Devrait Faire Pour Le Peuple... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1998

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Identifier: CC-35409-37144
Scope and Contents

The text reads, "La revolution devrait faire pour le peuple ce que le Cubisme a fair pour le couteau, la fourchette et la cuillere." The Sackner Archive also holds a print with the same text. This card has a similar layout to the print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

La Socialisme Devrait Faire Pour Le Peuple Ce Que Le Ciubisme... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1998

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Identifier: CC-35412-37147
Scope and Contents

The text reads, "La revolution devrait faire pour le peuple ce que le Cubisme a fair pour le couteau, la fourchette et la cuillere." The Sackner Archive also holds a print with the same text but the layout in this card differs from the print and the other card with the same title. Here the text is linear and brown ink on tan paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

La Tricoteuse / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12129-12353
Scope and Contents

The title in English is "Knitter" and the image is the face of a woman. By combining the image and the caption, Finlay's intent is to paint Catherine Millet, his antagonist, as a "knitter" apparently to give the impression of her lack of seriousness on literary issues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Laconic / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12400-12626
Scope and Contents

This print depicts the word "Laconic" (terse) inscribed on a guillotine blade. Beneath it on the red background is inscribed the phrase "Homage to Neo-Classicism." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

L'Alphabet Socio-Politique / Villegle, Jacques., 1999

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Identifier: CC-37178-39022
Scope and Contents

Each card depicts multiple drawings of the designated letter and related political ideograms. The verso of the card explains the symbolism of the latter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999