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Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022

 Person

Nationality

British

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

C LOOPSEEND, 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-46990-49728
Scope and Contents Signs Ltd. of Bellenden Road have, after some adjustments I made to the prototype, produced, in laminated plastic with perspex slide, a handsome multiple of my favourite device. This comment about the work originates from Phillips' Works/Texts to 1974 (1974), p. 266. "A shop that I pass regularly on the way to the studio had a small red and white plastic sign saying C LOOPSEEND. Since the shop sold yams and sweet potatoes I assumed that this was the name of the proprietor; the double vowels suggested Dutch however and I was puzzled each time I passed it. Having seen this name for about a year and having thought it odd but probably liable to rational explanation, I suddenly came across its double in a second-hand shop in Ipswich in 1965. I was about to ask the shopkeeper whether he was any relative of his namesake in Camberwell when I noticed, in the back of the shop, many piles of similar nameplates, each bearing the inscription C LOOPSEEND. For some reason I made no enquiry in the...
Dates: 2007

Flatland 25-35, 2007

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-47301-50044
Scope and Contents

Beaulieu made this book by tracing a line to each letter of Abbott's book "Flatland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Six of Hearts [final proof], 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-30084-31482
Scope and Contents

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section but most of the lines have been erased even though this version is designated as the final proof. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was cokmposed in 1991. This was recorded on a compact disc in 1997, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Six of Hearts [trial proof], 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-30089-31487
Scope and Contents

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section with these lines retained in gold ink. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was composed in 1991 and recorded on a compact disc in 1997. The disc is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979