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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:

Orworks. No.150 / Don Milliken., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-05223-5323
Scope and Contents

Due to a quirk in Milliken's numbering system, this issue which would have been No.134 is numbered as No.150; all subsequent issues follow sequentially. Therefore, issues No.134-149 are not present in this publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Orworks: The Body Politic. No.166., 1994

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Identifier: CC-05419-5522
Scope and Contents

Edited by Don Milliken. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

O.U.R. Plan , 1961

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-18762-19136
Scope and Contents

This poster, laid out with a dense packing of text, is a plea to raise money for the preservation of the worldwide environment. The map of the world is divided into six propeller-like spokes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Pacific; Type A & B - Board Wargame for Two Players / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1974 - 1975

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Identifier: CC-12787-13071
Scope and Contents

This maquette for the instruction sheet of Pacific in red and black ink was done by Michael Harvey. It was part of the Finlay Archive with the same title also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974 - 1975

Paris Is the Sink of All Vices / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12185-12409
Scope and Contents

This is a quotation from Jean-Paul Marat as an imagined admonishment to Michel Blum and Yves Hayat for their rejection of Finlay's commission for the city of Paris. The poem reads, "Paris is the sink of all vices. And its inhabitants claim they are free! They should not flatter themselves; to be free it is necessary to have judgement, courage, virtues......" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Participacion. No.3/Aug / Clemente Padin, editor ; Heartfeld J., 1984

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Identifier: CC-38583-40491
Scope and Contents

The theme of this issue is John Heartfeld. It is stored in the box with Padin's publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Pastoral , 1996

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-34977-36694
Scope and Contents

This is a purely textural work in two colors, each letter of the words alternates as green or blue. This serves as a metaphor for the contrast of liberty and death in the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Peace Lesson One, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21814-22225
Scope and Contents

Consists of plastic gun and flowers with typed inscription on card: a) hold the machine gun, b) insert flowers, c) fire. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Peace Medal, 1974

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-03056-3101
Scope and Contents

The artist's answer to "where is the elusive common denominator that will make peace possible?...the word PEACE in virtually every written language." 500 medals were struck in bronze and 50 in gold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974