Illustrated Verses from the 1950s on View at Woodward Gallery Slideshow

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An installation shot of '21 Etchings and Poems,' which is on view now at Woodward Gallery.

Here, Belgian painter and poet Christian Dotremont's verses are tucked inside Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky artwork.

Words by New York City-born poet Richard Wilbur are scripted below this figure by Buffalo-born artist Salvatore Grippi.

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Critic and poet Harold Rosenberg's poem, called 'Revenge' is written above Willem de Kooning's artwork.

In this piece, British Abstract painter Ben Nicholson keeps it separate from English poet Sir Herbert Read.

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas wrote inside an illustration by Peter Grippe, the printmaker, painter and sculptor who took over Atelier 17 in 1951.

Poet Peter Viereck wrote 'Nostalgia' above Spanish-born Abstract Expressionist painter Esteban Vincente's artwork.