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CONCRETE POETRY: AN EXHIBITION IN FOUR PARTS.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver: The Fine Arts Gallery, 1969. Catalogue to the exhibition curated by Alvin Balkind which took place in Vancouver between March 28-April 19, 1969.
Consists of a stiff paper quarto-size portfolio containing three folders and 25 loose leaves.
The first (orange) folder contains essays by Michael Rhodes (on concrete poetry), Ian Wallace, Ian Hamilton Finlay (quotations from Finlay with a commentary by Stephen Scobie), and a typographical essay by Edwin Varney.
The second (blue) folder contains ‘24 Letter Drawings’ by Michael Morris printed on 6 panels of a folded sheet, with a text on Morris by Kurt Von Meier.
The third (khaki green) folder contains an essay on Ray Johnson by Michael Morris printed on 1 panel of a folded sheet, with the other 5 panels reproducing works by Johnson.
The 25 loose leaves print works by Sigfrid Cremer; Ian Hamilton Finlay; Hansjörg Mayer; Greydon Moore; Bill Bissett; Franz Mon; Gerhard Rühm; Gerry Gilbert; Claes Oldenburg; Edwin Varney; Emmett Williams; bp Nichol; Henri Chopin; Diter Rot; Klaus Burkhardt; Gary Lee-Nova; Hein Gravenhorst; Stephen Scobie; Dom Sylvester Houédard; Pierre Albert-Birot; Seiichi Niikuni; Paul de Vree; Carlo Belloli; John Furnival; Joseph Kosuth; John J. Sharkey; Bob Cobbing; Hans Clavin; and Patrizia Viccinelli.
The portfolio cover prints a complete list of the contributors to the exhibition, a select bibliography, and a list of slides also shown in the exhibition.
Portfolio and contents both Near Fine.
