{"product_id":"22374-ginsberg-allen-orwell-1984-four-calligraphic-autograph-manuscripts","title":"Ginsberg, Allen. (1926–1997) Orwell 1984: Four Calligraphic Autograph Manuscripts","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFour original calligraphic manuscripts of Haiku or \"American Sentences\" from the poet's 1983 \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOrwell Serie\u003c\/i\u003es, each signed in full \"Allen Ginsberg,\" three dated 8\/18\/83 and two with the location \"N.Y.C.\" all in the hand of the poet. Each measuring 9.5 x 10.75 inches (24 x 27 cm) on rigid board with gold foil border and verso with silver decorative flecks.  In fine condition. As follows:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cu style=\"\"\u003e\"Orwell\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"1984 now - \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eRed tanks in Prague, \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOur tanks in San \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e           Salvador.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"'1984'\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCoke machines serve\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eyou Caffein [sic] in Kyoto,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eZenmasters whack\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eyour shoulders\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ein New York.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"1984 now —\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTanks in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAfghanistan \u0026amp;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eEl Salvador.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"1984 now —\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eRed tanks in Prague, \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eour tanks in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSan Salvador.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA veteran practitioner of the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ehaiku\u003c\/i\u003e, Japan's 17-syllable lyric poem form rooted in Zen awareness of particulars, Ginsberg often modified the form, s\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003epeaking of how divvying them up in five-seven-five syllable lines makes the whole thing an exercise in counting, not feeling, and too arbitrary to be poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eGinsberg’s solutions are the types of so-called \"American Sentences\" seen here: One sentence, 17 syllables. \u003c\/span\u003ePrepared for a broadside print which reproduced them in facsimile as part of a series of 12 haiku in 4 columns of 3 haiku per column, these originals works are described in the entry for Broadside AA32B in Bill Morgan's \"The Works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994: A Descriptive Bibliography\" but are otherwise apparently unpublished. The circumstances of these manuscripts having been penned in New York in August, 1983 are unknown, but the sheets evidently relate to Ginsberg's work that year with Nam June Paik, with whom he collaborated on the lithograph \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOrwell, oh well. It's only \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e1983\u003c\/i\u003e,  and in whose international satellite \"installation\"\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e Good Morning, Mr. Orwell, \u003c\/i\u003ehe appeared. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOn January 1, 1984, video-pioneer Nam June Paik conceived of  and presented “Good Morning Mr Orwell”, a unique and unprecedented  international live satellite hook-up, linking up the studios of WNET, New York with the Pompidou Center in Paris (as well as hooking up with broadcasters in Germany and in his own home country, South Korea). Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky (along with Steven Taylor and Arthur Russell) were an integral part of the program, which also featured contributions from John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Joseph Beuys, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Charlotte Moorman, The Thompson Twins and Oingo Bongo. George Plimpton appeared as master of ceremonies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAmong other contributions, Orlovsky can be seen performing a hearty version of “Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow” enthusiastically on banjo with Ginsberg gleefully singing along, and Ginsberg's \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ememorable performance of \"Do The Meditation\" is one for the ages. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093811384479,"sku":"22374","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ginsberg_2C_Allen_MS_Haiku_22374a.png?v=1722190532","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22374-ginsberg-allen-orwell-1984-four-calligraphic-autograph-manuscripts","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}