Mr. Ricard’s poems, collected in volumes including “Rene Ricard 1979-1980,” “God With Revolver” (1990), “Love Poems” (1999), were often intensely personal and self-conscious ...

“Any departure from the Tiffany catalogue prototype would be a liability,” wrote Rene Ricard to the designer of his first book of poetry, Rene Ricard 1979-1980. Originally published by the Dia ...

René Ricard 1979–1980; God With Revolver (1990), which included his artistic representations of the poems; Trusty Sarcophagus Co (1990); and Love Poems (1999), which collected his verse ...

In his later years, Ricard immersed himself in turning his poems into artwork ... Whitman or the beat Poets he was the progenitor of. Then Love Takes Us To Far Away Places by Rene Ricard After the ...

In his later years, Ricard immersed himself in turning his poems into artwork, sometimes painting over others’ works with his own words. Around the time of his death, the artist was working on ...

The notorious landmark on West 23rd Street was, in fact, Ricard's on-off home for more than four decades. In its cloistered confines he wrote poetry and ... of boxing called love / Then, happy ...