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Modern Antiquities, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35422-37157

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

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

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.

Repository Details

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

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