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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1101 Collections and/or Records:

Boooook: The Life and work of Bob Cobbing , 2015

 Item
Identifier: CC-61055-10003829
Scope and Contents

Stored in Bob Cobbing box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

Brazilian Concrete & Visual Poetry from the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive , 1989

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-22449-22874
Scope and Contents

Lectures by Claus Cluver and Roland Greene were presented in conjunction with the exhibition. The header on theis poster reads "Advertising = Poetry." The Sackner Archive lent most of the works to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Brazilian Concrete & Visual Poetry from the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive, 1989

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-22487-22912
Scope and Contents

Announces the lectures presented by Claus Cluver and Roland Greene in conjunction with the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Breathing , 1991

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-09068-9247
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The poem consists of two words, "In and Out." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Bring a Candle and a Friend, 1994

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-24002-24452
Scope and Contents

This is an invitation to a party given by Jan Baker for her new house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

British Modernism, Fact or Fiction? - A Debate / Cobbing, Bob; Lucie-Smith, Edward; Finlay IH; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Fernbach-Flarscheim C; Cox K., 1971

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
Identifier: CC-17781-18150
Scope and Contents

Designated pamphlet seven. Although the title page of this publication announces a debate, the pages consist of photocopied reproductions of concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Broken Poems for Evita, 1997

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31858072491115]
Identifier: CC-30766-32212
Scope and Contents

John Elsberg was born in 1945 and died of cancer in 2012. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Busta Celeste, 1979

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-38172-40067
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with the theme of a dark blue sky. This work is also designated situazioni plasticoverbali No.3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Buzzwords: interviews with Buzz Spector, 2012

 Item
Identifier: CC-55291-9999047
Scope and Contents

The torn pages have one letter printed on a page that when flattened readS "An idea is not yet knowledge." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Cactus Justo, 1955

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-15856-16188
Scope and Contents

This is a different version of the other copy of the poem in typed carbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1955

Cactus Justo, 1955

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-57277-10000598

Caixa Preta, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-15084-15402
Scope and Contents

This work is aka Black Box. The poem objects consist of perforated prints on cardboard that are meant to be constructed as cubes. Through the reprintings, this work serves as a retrospective of both poets' works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Cancer In My Left Ball: Poems 1970-1972, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-36319-38109
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Les Levine. The poems deal with the Vietnam war, homoeroticism, heteroeroticism, and Buddhist religion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Card to Ruth & Marvin [Sackner] (10 MAR.97) / Exhibition Announcement - Stommeln Synagogue, 1997

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-59068-10002209
Scope and Contents

In this note, Andre sends an introduction for L. Brandon Krall to visit the archive and thanks them for another tour of their collection.` -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Card to Ruth & Marvin Sackner: Poetry Trypoe [Passport] (31Jan87), 1987

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-25620-26078
Scope and Contents

The verso depicts a reproduction of a Camel cigarette pack. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Carl Andre, 1975

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-24628-25081
Scope and Contents

This a reprint of the catalogue first published in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975