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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

...in which something happens all over again for the very first time / Evans, Cerith Wyn., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-48833-69868
Scope and Contents

There is a large section in this book of stories printed with experimental typography. Evans is an installation artist who exhibited in the famous Sensations show in London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Inauguration of the orchard - Replenishment of the larder / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35254-36988
Scope and Contents

The booklet is arranged such that one reads through the first poem, Orchard, and then reverses the booklet to read through the second poem, Larder. Orchard is printed on green colored paper and larder on orange colored paper. With a single word to a page, Orchard reads, Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plum, Tree, whereas Larder reads, Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plum, Jam. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Information Series One: Beano. No.12, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-28085-29244
Scope and Contents

A photograph of Beano is laid in on the inside back cover and a caption on the inside front cover notes that this man, who was a performer in Ripley's "Believe It or Not Show," had perfect control over his vascular circulation so that he could stop blood flow even when purposely cut. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

inner inSights, 2005

 Item — Box 333: [Barcode: 31858072491024]
Identifier: CC-47105-49844

Innuendo / Carroll, Lewis., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20672-21074
Scope and Contents

This is a spoof (author unknown) on a book written by Lewis Carroll in 1922. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Inscription / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12264-12488
Scope and Contents

The poem lists the life span and popular names for five Japanese WWII airplanes, e.g., PETE 1946-1945 (Mitsubishi F1M, Navy Type 0 Observation Seaplane). The cover depicts photograph of one of these airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Installation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-13002-13294
Scope and Contents

The drawing on the cover depicts a guillotine with the blade up over a basket and is titled Installation; the drawing on the verso is a guillotine with the blade down over a basket and is titled Event. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Instruments of Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12590-12822
Scope and Contents

Photographs of bronze sculptures in the exhibition were collaged onto the pages. The catalog was designed by Finlay, Pia Simig, and Paul Khera. The photographs were taken by Antonia Reeve and Stephen White. Stephen Bann contributes an essay that describes and analyzes each work in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Integrale / Pannaggi, Ivo., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-44824-46995
Scope and Contents

The theme of this poem deals with women's deodorants. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Interior/Interieur: Homage to Vuillard / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-12437-12664
Scope and Contents The print depicts the word "Singer" in orange letters on a brown and orange background. In Finlay's homages, that distance is often marked by an ironic wit, what Bann called 'a minor key': a diminution of scale that is friendly and playful, but not without a certain edge to it. The Homage to Pop Art (1973), for instance, restates Cezanne's 'the cylinder, the sphere, the cone' in terms of an ice-cream cone; the Homage to Seurat (1972) transforms the artist's pointillism into a connect-the-numbered -dots painting kit. Other homages are less obviously playful, but no less complex. The Homage to Vuillard (1971) consists of the single word SINGER, printed in warm shades of yellow and brown that recall the intimacy of Vuillard's interiors. The literal meaning of the word (Vuillard as the 'singer,' or celebrator, of domestic life) is both reinforced and slyly commented on by the association of 'Singer' as the leading trade name of sewing machines (Stephen Scobie: Earthquakes&...
Dates: 1971

Irish Lecture Series: Samuel Beckett, 2006

 Item — Folder 76: [Barcode: 31858072538352]
Identifier: CC-45980-48686
Scope and Contents

The image on this poster is a reproduction of a portrait by Tom Phillips entitled "Samuel Beckett at the Riverside Studio." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Iron Ship / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-11971-12194
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an ironing instrument on its side as a metaphor for a ship. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Jacob's Boat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35253-36987
Scope and Contents

The pages describe the boat with a grid of words that signify colors, e.g., green, brown, black, and ochre. The last page has a grid of the word, patch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Jamboree!? / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Fidler, Martin., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12050-12274
Scope and Contents

This depicts a drawing of several model gliders arranged haphazardly on a surface. The commericial card was unrealized. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Januszczak / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-12176-12400
Scope and Contents

Januszczuk was the art critic for the Guardian newspaper who supported the National Trust's book on architectural follies that was severely critical of Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989