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Modern Antiquities, 1998

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Identifier: CC-35422-37157

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Scope and Contents

The pages consist of 29 black and white photographs taken by Hannappel of Finlay's garden, Little Sparta. One page has a poem by Hoderlin translated by Harry Gilonis, opposite a photograph of a contemplative Finlay, sitting on a bench in the garden just outside his house, The poem reads, "At peace the ploughman sits outside his cottage in the shade... A drawing on the inside cover of the book provides the sites in the garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1998

Creator

Full Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (accordion) (30 pages) in cover (collaged, paper) + inside cover (print, offset)) ; 16.5 x 13.9 x 1.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Location

alpha shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Little Sparta, Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland; Mainz, Germany : Wild Hawthorn Press; Landesmuseum. Nationality of creator: Scottish and German. General: About 600 total copies. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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