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Typewriter art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Acquaintance With Celestials / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-06284-6399
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that the his typewritings were inflenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by reading Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees pf pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

CHANCE AND SOLITUDE / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58040-10001291
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

El Moro Rock / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58575-10001801
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that the his typewritings were inflenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by reading Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees pf pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS REVIEWS HIS ARMY FIRST VIEW / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58039-10001290
Scope and Contents The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that the his typewritings were inflenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees pf pressure to give variations and life to the work." Wikipedia: Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 "“ 6 November 1632, O.S.); widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus, or as Gustavus Adolphus the Great (Swedish: Gustav Adolf den store, Latin: Gustavus Adolphus Magnus, a formal posthumous distinction passed by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1634); was the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 and is credited as the founder of Sweden as a Great Power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden). He led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War, helping to determine the political as well as...
Dates: 1971

HERALDIC ORDERS FOR THE COMPUTER CATHEDRAL / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58038-10001289
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that the his typewritings were inflenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." Mott mentionsthat this piece was to pay a tribute to one of his favorite painters of Church Interiors, Pieter Jamsz Saenredam.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Morning in the Indian's Mind / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58587-10001814
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Night Sky from the Daughters' Room / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58029-10001285
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that the his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by reading Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Parciptiation of the Alien Particle / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58588-10001815
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The Darker Birds The Lighter Sky / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-06285-6400
Scope and Contents Best-selling novelist, biographer, editor, poet, and essayist, Michael Mott, who was also twice writer-in-residence at the College of William and Mary, first in 1978-79 and again in 1985-86, is one of those rare writers"”a genuine "man of letters" who has succeeded in every genre he has tried. Born and educated in England to an English lawyer and American sculptor, he first began publishing poetry in 1948. His most recent book of poems, The World of Richard Dadd, won the Robert E. Lee & Ruth I. Wilson Poetry Book Award. Mott's first novel, The Notebooks of Susan Berry, was a best-seller in England and was published by MacMillan in the United States. His second novel, Helmet and Wasps, was a critical success in both England and the United States. He has also published two novels for young adults, Master Entrick and The Blind Cross. Mott served as poetry editor for the prestigious Kenyon Review from 1966 to 1970. In 1974 Jimmy Carter presented him with a Governor's Award for his...
Dates: 1971

The Message is Lost and the Sender / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58577-10001803
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971