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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

Of Famous Arcady Ye Are / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-58212-10001465
Scope and Contents

The image is of a tank in a garden with the quote of John Milton in the shrubbery. One of the copies of the posters has been folded. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

oh vietnam my love / Valoch, Jiri., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-00847-866
Scope and Contents This piece probably derives from the French movie, 'Hiroshima mon amour.' This is a series of conversations (or one enormous conversation) over a 36-hour long period between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva), referred to as She, and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada), referred to as He. They have had a brief relationship, and are now separating. The two debate memory and forgetfulness as She prepares to depart, comparing failed relationships with the bombing of Hiroshima and the perspectives of people inside and outside the incidents. The early part of the film recounts, in the style of a documentary but narrated by the so far unidentified characters, the effects of the Hiroshima bomb on August 6, 1945, in particular the loss of hair and the complete anonymity of the remains of some victims. He had been conscripted into the Japanese army and his family was in Hiroshima on that day. In Valoch's poem he chanfes the title to Vietnam and the explosion of the atomic bomb to a ted stain...
Dates: 1968

Ohm Trees / UU, David., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-48434-69461
Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

On Postcards of the Public Buildings Fly the Flags / Phillips, Tom., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-33320-34956
Scope and Contents

This work consists of a 2 x 5 grid of enlargements of a fragment of flags flying on buildings in England as depicted on postcards. A caption written by Phillips is printed on the bottom of the print. The duplicate copy is unframed and stored in the wide flat files. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

one cent: Cerveza Playa. No.309 / Daniel f. Bradley., 1995

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Identifier: CC-05417-5520
Scope and Contents

Cover depicts beer bottles on a beach; except for the title, the poem deals with the theme in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

one cent: Concrete. No.361/Feb / ross priddle ; Nichol bp., 2003

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Identifier: CC-44436-46585
Scope and Contents

This is also an issue of HAT. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

one cent: Erotic Democracy. No.340/Apr / jw curry., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34394-36091
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with curry's experiences in train travels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

One Dozen Rain Postcards 1971-1973 / Tot, Endre; Albrecht d., 1971 - 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-42168-44172
Scope and Contents

Also designated reflection press 26. Albrecht d was the editor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1973

One Orange Arm of the World's Oldest Windmill: Autumn (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Allen, Maxwell., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-11876-12097
Scope and Contents

The stone sculpture inscribed with the title of this work is set below the shade of a tree. The leaves of the branch of the tree in Autumn represent the orange windmill. Finlay has written on a note on the verso," One Orange Arm.. Stone in associaltion with Maxwell Allen." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

One Orange Arm of the World's Oldest Windmill: Autumn (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Allen, Maxwell., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-57723-10000977
Scope and Contents

The stone sculpture inscribed with the title of this work is set below the shade of a tree. The leaves of the branch of the tree in Autumn represent the orange windmill. Finlay has written on a note on the verso," One Orange Arm. Stone in associaltion with Maxwell Allen." The Sackner Archive also holds the same photograph signed on the verso by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Only Hate in NY / Parantela, Claudio., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30993-32452
Scope and Contents

This consists of handwriten poetry around an abstract, black painted, drawing of a nude young woman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Opening: 48 Hours Of Clouds. No.4 / Melvin Clay ; Peter Bevan., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-38082-39972
Scope and Contents

This card is also included in "Agentzia 2." a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Opening: Hours Of Clouds. No.4 / Melvin Clay ; Peter Bevan., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-38083-39973
Scope and Contents

This card is also included in "Agentzia 2." a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965