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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1786 Collections and/or Records:

The Plowers Plowed upon my Back / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35376-37111
Scope and Contents

The poem was taken from Psalm 129, v 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Poor Fisherman, 1987

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12494-12721
Scope and Contents

The image in this poem has been modified from a figurative painting by Puvis de Chavnannes through addition of a French republican tricolor button to the mast of his boat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Return of Wretched Desire / Rotodanger., 2001

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Identifier: CC-40283-42254
Scope and Contents

The folder describes this work as "A sorry tale written and illustrated with sorrow and wit by rotodanger." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Sacramento Proposal: Sculpture for the 1201 K Street Office Tower / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; McLeish, Neil., 1990

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Identifier: CC-12552-12780
Scope and Contents

The sculpture utilizes the word "cloud" in five languages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Saga of Frankie & Johnny / Held, John Jr.., 1972

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Identifier: CC-09464-9652
Scope and Contents

John Held Jr., the illustrator of this book, was born in 1889. According to Nicholas Fox Weber, author of Patron Saints, Knopf, 1992, Held was a famous illustrator of the 20's (e.g. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tales of the Jazz Age," 1922 who lost his monies in the Stock Market Crash and fell upon hard times in the 30's. He did the costume and set designs for the first ballet by the American Ballet Company of New York with wholly American subject matter, "Alma Mater," performed in 1934. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

The Shapes and S.P.A.C.I.N.G of the Letters, 1994

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Identifier: CC-08143-8304
Scope and Contents

This book consists of a collection of illustrated essays on the following topics, Short-Prose, Verbo-Visuals, Travel-Log, Agit-Prop, Colonial-English, Calendar-Art, Cut-Paste and Laughing-Stock. Includes a particularly good exposition of Picture or Emblem Poetry. Most of the writing is tongue-in-cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

The Sign of the Nudge / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-11954-12177
Scope and Contents

This is also designated Artist Cards No.25 in series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The Spice Cupboard (1687) / Williams, Jonathan; Furnival, John., 1987

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Identifier: CC-32204-33758
Scope and Contents

This is designated Jargon Society Card No.21. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Stork / Smith, William Jay., 1954

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Identifier: CC-42603-44619
Scope and Contents

This poem pamphlet announces the birth of Gregory Jay Smith, son of William Jay Smith and his first wife, Barbara Howes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

The Tiredness part 1 / Roberts, M. Rees., 1971

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Identifier: CC-50776-71854
Scope and Contents Internet: The full name of the artist is Marcus Rees Roberts. Following his degree in English at Cambridge, Marcus Rees Roberts studied Film Theory at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he wrote his thesis on German Expressionist Cinema. He then completed a second post-graduate course in printmaking at the Slade. In 1977 he was awarded the Slade Prize and appointed teaching assistant in printmaking. In 1980 he moved to Scotland to lecture at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1982 he was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Central Florida and in 1989 as Lecturer in charge of Printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art, a post he held until 1995, when he returned to live and work in London. Rees Roberts has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad; venues include the Portland Art Museum (International Print Exhibition), Oregon; University of Central Florida, Orlando; Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina; The Slade Gallery, London; The Strang Print Room at University...
Dates: 1971