Rebus / Afrika (Sergei Bugaev) ; Mayakovsky V ; Cameron D., 1994
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Scope and Contents
Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst in Vienna. The folded sheets, placed in the bound-in envelope, contain eight rebuses each. The soft cover book is also bound into the folder. The brown paper used throughout is reminiscent of the paper in Russian Avant Garde books from 1910-1930. This book describes and depicts the copper engraved work of Afrika. It serves as an introduction to Afrika's copper book of engraved rebuses that is held by the Sackner Archive. There were 500 other copies not held by the Sackner Archive that included one copper plate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1994
Creator
- Afrika, 1966- (Person)
- Mayakovsky, Vladimir, 1893-1930 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + insert (envelopes, 2 loose folded sheets) (122 pages) in folder (cardboard, folded) + envelope) ; book 23 x 16.4 x .7 cm + sheet 44 x 56.5 cm, in folder 24 x 17.5 x 2 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1995.
General
Published: Moscow, Russia; New York : Avant Garde; Paul Judelson Arts. Nationality of creator: Russian. General: 1000 copies of 1500 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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