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Typewriter art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 837 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished: [DEAN OF WOMEN 1] [27] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57435-10000728
Scope and Contents

In this first version the poem is typed above the typed face and the title beneath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [DEAN OF WOMEN 2] [28] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57436-10000729
Scope and Contents

In this second version the poem is placed in a square around the typed face and the title is below. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [LONG BLOND HAIR] [53] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57479-10000772
Scope and Contents

The image is a woman with long hair formed by parenthesis. She stands on a hand drawn base. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [LOOKING AT THE STARS] [46] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57470-10000761
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man lying on the grass at night with his legs in the air is crossed out with graphite markings. The stars are asterisks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [lying on his back] [47] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57472-10000763
Scope and Contents

This man enjoys lying flat on the ground and looking at the stars is the caption without a typed figure. The stars are asterisks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [MAN AT TYPEWRITER] [57] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57483-10000777
Scope and Contents

The image is of a man who enjoys sitting at his typewriter drawing pictures of people sitting at their typewriters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: Man Enjoying Looking Up At The Stars [46] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57471-10000762
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man lying on the grass at night with his legs in the air is crossed out with graphite markings. The caption is changed to "This man enjoys lying flat on the ground and looking at the stars". The stars are asterisks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [O O O O O O!] [54] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57480-10000773
Scope and Contents

Six typed O's are spaced on five typed lines. The last O is folllowed by an exclamation point. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O!] [55] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57481-10000774
Scope and Contents

Nine typed O! are spaced in a face-like configuration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [OLD SOLDIER CONDOR] [51] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57477-10000768
Scope and Contents

The image is a soldier standing on New York skyscrapers. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SITWELL BIRD] [52] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57478-10000770
Scope and Contents

The image is a bird-like woman standing at a lecturn. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 1] [26] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57433-10000722
Scope and Contents

This first version of the poem SNAKE reads "good by old slitherer god i was scared." The typo of god was corrected in version 2 and an exclamation point was added at the end. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 2] [25] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57434-10000724
Scope and Contents

The poem in the shape of a snake reads "good by old slitherer god was i scared!" This second version ends with an exclamation point and corrects the typo in the word "god" in the first version -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [WOMAN AT BEAUTY PARLOR] [56] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57482-10000775
Scope and Contents

The image is of a woman who enjoys sitting under a hair dryer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

[Untitled], 1995

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Identifier: CC-30331-31743
Scope and Contents

The four contiguous drawings consist completely of typed lower case o's. By heavier and lighter typing and layers of over painting, eight larger circles emerge in a circle around the surface of the drawings. They resemble phases of the moon. Ferre makes these meditative works by preparing the paper with layers of plaster of paris, then typing the o's, overpainting the surface and finishing with a coat of wax. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Untitled 1 / Morin, Gustave., 2015

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Identifier: CC-62343-10004125
Scope and Contents

Original page from the Clean Sails book. Written on the verso: July 9, 2015 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015