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Visual poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 822 Collections and/or Records:

The Visual Poetry of Mirella Bentivoglio, 1999

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Be-Bir: [Barcode: 31858072491172]
Identifier: CC-37292-39138

Thee, 1986

 Item — Box 181: [Barcode: 31858072459518]
Identifier: CC-08287-8450
Scope and Contents

Jean Janson is a Miami artist, visual poet and graphic designer. Her work reflects the colors and light of the subtropics. This work uses painted canvas, found texts, shaped canvas, thread, and hand lettering to create the poem which reads "My teacher is essence. Thee energy. It is the same thing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

To Mrs. Martin Luther King, 1968

 Item — Folder 49: [Barcode: 31858072537834]
Identifier: CC-16015-16356
Scope and Contents

The portrait of Mrs. King is formed from the slashes over the appropriate words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Together You Cannot be Broken or Defeated], 2007

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-47503-68500
Scope and Contents

The accompanying sheet retells a story from Doris George regarding her grandfather.

Dates: 2007

Tout Ben , 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-20892-21301
Scope and Contents

This book represents a comprehensive survey of Ben Vautier's work from 1957 to 1973. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Tower of Pisa, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-54728-990162
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. The print is silkscreened onto Arches 88 paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Tower of Pisa , 1965

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-54809-420239
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Tower of Pisa / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13331-13632
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965