Silence (Block Poem), 1975. Autograph manuscript poem in Italian accompanied on each leaf by two rectangular collages of text in non-Roman alphabets covered by gauze.
Description:
Luciano Caruso (1944-2002) was an Italian experimental poet, editor, and art critic based in Naples until 1976 and in Florence thereafter. He was a prominent practitioner of Italian visual poetry ("poesia visiva").
Subject (Name):
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Subject (Topic):
Experimental poetry, Italian--20th century, Poets, Italian--20th century, and Visual poetry, Italian--20th century
Visual poem opposing the Vietnam War, signed by the author, consisting of a collage of words and images cut or torn from newspapers and magazines, glued on newsprint background and mounted on cardboard.
Description:
Eugenio Miccini (1925-2007) was a poet and artist based in Florence, Italy, a leading figure of Italian visual poetry ("poesia visiva"), and a founder of the avant-garde collective Gruppo '70., Formerly owned by the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry. Purchased from Sackner Limited Parnership on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018., and Title from heading.
Subject (Name):
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Subject (Topic):
Experimental poetry, Italian--20th century, Poets, Italian--20th century, Political poetry--20th century, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Poetry, and Visual poetry, Italian--20th century
Formed by long sheets of paper featuring hieroglyphic-like characters written in ink by Caruso over existing teletyped text.
Description:
Luciano Caruso (1944-2002) was an Italian experimental poet, editor, and art critic based in Naples until 1976 and in Florence thereafter. He was a prominent practitioner of Italian visual poetry ("poesia visiva").
Subject (Name):
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Subject (Topic):
Experimental poetry, Italian--20th century, Poets, Italian--20th century, and Visual poetry, Italian--20th century
