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Shaped poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

Marriage / Gratner, Saiya Elizabeth., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-10584-10789
Scope and Contents

This poem in the shape of a leg was composed by Gratner who is the wife of Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Marvin A. Sackner 1932 - / Daniels, David; Sackner MA., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42372-44382
Scope and Contents

These prints that were originally downloaded from Daniel's website, The Gates of Paradise, in letter format have now been enlarged with ink jet printing. Daniels combines a brief biography of Marvin Sackner (where did he get all this information?) with Sackner's interests in poetic art and work in medical science in a multi-colored shaped poem of the lungs. Each of the four sheets has the same text but the colors are different. Daniels titled the pages, "Rose Vapored Dawn Air,"Light Breathing Day Air," Violet Swallowed Dusk Air" and "Shadow Swollen Night Air." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Marvin A. Sackner 1932 - / Daniels, David; Sackner MA., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39512-41470
Scope and Contents

These pieces were downloaded from Daniel's website, The Gates of Paradise. Daniels combines a brief biography of Marvin Sackner (where did he get all this information?) with Sackner's interests in poetic art and work in medical science in a multi-colored shaped poem of the lungs. Each of the four sheets has the same text but the colors are different. Daniels titled the pages, "Rose Vapored Dawn Air,"Light Breathing Day Air," Violet Swallowed Dusk Air" and "Shadow Swollen Night Air." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[Meeting of the Sackners with Qotbi] / Qotbi, Mehdi., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-53709-51044
Scope and Contents

The finely printed etching in blue colored ink contains an image of a hanging man (taken from a Tarot card?) in its center section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Megalopatte / Noel Marsault., 1984

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Identifier: CC-60161-54107
Scope and Contents

The bookwith and its pages in in the shape of am imagined creature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Men of Letters & People of Substance / de Vicq de Cumptich, Roberto ; Prose F ; Joyce J ; Kafka F ; Vonnegut KJr ; Nabokov V ; Bowles P ; Beckett S ; Burroughs WS ; Proust M ; Updike J., 2008

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Identifier: CC-50440-71508
Scope and Contents

The first half of this book consists of portraits of famous men and women that are created by the author in specific and appropriate fonts. The second half of the book, People of Substance, the author combines type ornaments and icons to suggest a face with singular attributes like fear, passive, nice and money. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Mercato Del Sale: Erik Satie: Partition pour l'oeil. Jan / Aldo Mondino., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-37810-39690
Scope and Contents

The same print in this folder was also collaged onto a blue mat with added paint at its top border. It was signed in an edition of 50 copies; the latter is held by the Sackner Archive and catalogued under the artist's name. The top image of the print is a pair of eyeglasses filled in with written text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Merry Christmas / Emmanuel and Erofili; Muller M., 1977

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Identifier: CC-14080-14385
Scope and Contents

Martin Muller was the owner of the art gallery, Modernism, in San Francisco. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Merry Christmas / Frick, Hugo., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12692-12935
Scope and Contents

The greeting is in the shape of a Christmas tree written in several languages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

MERRY / Depew, Wally., 1985

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Identifier: CC-55145-9998944
Scope and Contents

The first page says "Merry" with a block printed Christmas tree. The inside page reads "go round" with the printed image of a wheel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Metamorfosi di un Simbolo Nel Lakshmi Narayan Temple / Faietti, Alberto., 1970

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Identifier: CC-11438-11654
Scope and Contents

The type/text is woven in curving paths through multi-colored backgrounds. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Mez / Daniels, David., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42382-44392
Scope and Contents

There are several large shaped poems within this work, e.g., a fish, vase, and apple. The text is bawdy, e.g., sheep's cunt is a frequent phrase. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Modom. No.13 / Pavel Mitjushev., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-06384-6501
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jake Berry. Stored with Jake Berry publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991