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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1101 Collections and/or Records:

e colony / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

 Item — Box 389: [Barcode: 31858072461530]
Identifier: CC-49971-71030
Scope and Contents

All the large calligraphic markings are formed from the letter "e." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eat - Fat, 1992

 Item — Box 296: [Barcode: 31858072460755]
Identifier: CC-00789-808
Scope and Contents

The work consists of two large painted letters, "A" & "T." The third Letter, an "F" can be converted to an "E" by adding a fourth piece, a bar to the "F." In that way, the sculpture can be read as EAT or FAT. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Eau Grande, 1979

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-15683-16012

[ecart] (120763) / giocester (200863) / maximus (160963) / whatcowhat (160963), 1963

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-57867-10001119
Scope and Contents

This typing consists of four poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

eé (and it is), 1967

 Item — Box 309: [Barcode: 31858073143632]
Identifier: CC-52480-73607
Scope and Contents

This is also designated No.2 of the series "fonemi plastici 1967." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13320-13621
Scope and Contents

This depicts the Eiffel tower as a shaped poem. The text is drawn by Furnival in his unique calligraphic style. A major portion of the poem consists of repetitive printed words, e.g., down under, stale, etage, escalation, etc. On the left side cluste word "rain" are slanted downward over the tower to emulate Apollinaire's famous poem. The rain falls on a cluster of the word "people" assembled at the base of the tower. The poem was reprinted in 1994 and both versions are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1966

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-30366-31781
Scope and Contents

This print is depicted on page 43 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

eis os amantes (poetamenos), 1953

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-58338-10001554
Scope and Contents

This page was personally scnned under the direction of Augusto De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953