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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6414 Collections and/or Records:

[Gift to the Museum of Modern Art] / Sackner, Marvin; Sackner, Ruth., 1993

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Identifier: CC-02646-2689
Scope and Contents

Includes Clive Phillpot's letter of thanks, wall listing, and two installation views of the exhibition "Artists Magazines" from the Sackner gift to the MoMA Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Gifts: The Martyrology Book(s) 7 & / Nichol, bp ; Hawking S ; Bernstein C ; McCaffery S ; Niechoda I ; Dutton P., 1991

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Identifier: CC-05564-5671
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This book was compiled posthumously by Irene Niechoda who provides the afterword containing documentation on the content of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Ginette / Sunyer, Magi ; Rom J., 1982

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Identifier: CC-01812-1848
Scope and Contents

This book was illustrated by Joan Rom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Glass Bell / Gorman, LeRoy., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10334-10537
Scope and Contents

Also designated as the first title in the Hexagram Series, edited by Marco Fraticelli. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

glostershire sun-rolling disc-ode; memorial to ken cox (121168) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

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Identifier: CC-56290-59746
Scope and Contents

gloster ode works ltd is at the bottom center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Gloup and Woup / Cobbing, Bob, editor; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Cox K; Mayer P; Cobbing B; Edmonds T., 1974

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Identifier: CC-19807-20194
Scope and Contents

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

GLOUP: The Gloucestershire Group of Concrete and Visual Poets (incorporating the Gloster Ode Construction & Supply Co. Ltd.) / Moxham, Bernard, editor ; Furnival A ; Furnival J ; Cox K ; Houedard DS ; Verey C ; Clark TA., 2013

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Identifier: CC-57679-10000943
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Box is labeled Bernard Moxham. In his forward Bernard Moxham writes, "Bob Cobbing issued a folder of visual poetry in 1974 entitled GLOUP and WOUP that featrued three artists living near Nailsworth in Gloucestershire: dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenelm Cox. GLOUP stood for GLOUcestershire grouP and included artists/poets who had diverse styles and ideas but who nevertheless coalesced in terms of their admiration for each others work..Although GLOUP existed for only a short period of time (John Furnival isadmant that it never really existed at all), now added to the original three members for this book are Astrid Furnival, Charles Verey and Thomas A Clark." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

gluck hat flugel / Zeh, Jurgen., 1978

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Identifier: CC-51177-72265
Scope and Contents

Includes a section at the rear of line drawings by three artists. The pages are printed on yellow paper stock but the images are depicted in black and white because the scanning in color was unsatifactory. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Go Book: Being a Go Book. No.33 / Wally Depew., 1973

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Identifier: CC-54346-643233
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. Most of the pages of this book depict an abstract woodcut image that has been manipulated by joining multiple images of it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Dash Leap. No.7 / Wally Depew., 1973

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Identifier: CC-54328-643215
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book 7 consists of different arrangements of the rubberstamped words 'dash' and a single page with the word 'leap' along with abstract woodcut prints on non-rubberstamped pages that have a tenuous relation to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Dive jump. No.2 / Wally Depew., 1973

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Identifier: CC-54322-643209
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book 2 includes different arrangements of the rubberstamped words 'jump' and 'dive' along with abstract woodcut prints on non-rubberstamped pages that appear to relate to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Flow. No.19 / Wally Depew., 1973

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Identifier: CC-54337-643224
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book 16 is divided by subheadings into four parts: 1) 16 one to six squares joined together with one and two repeated on eight pages, 2) 16 1/4 one to three squared joined together, 3) 16 1/2 one square with different spatial arrangements on 5 pages, 3) 16 3/4 no subsequent pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Fly. No.8 / Wally Depew., 1973

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Identifier: CC-54329-643216
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book 8 consists of different arrangements of the rubberstamped word 'fly' with abstract woodcut prints on non-rubberstamped pages that have a vertical figuratuve appearance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973