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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:

Sophisme / Hubaut, Joel ; Ian Monk, translator., 2013

 Item
Identifier: CC-56310-9999735
Scope and Contents

This appears to be Hubaut's take on Bern Porter's "The Last Acts Of Saint Fuck You." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

Spearhead 2nd Edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-17484-17850
Scope and Contents

Designated pamphlets number nine. A performance copy of this work with added notes is also held by the Sackner Archive. it has the title, "Ana 1 - 5." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spearhead 3rd Edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-17485-17851
Scope and Contents

Designated pamphlets number nine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Spoken Words Became Written] / Bloom, Raymond., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-27786-28916
Scope and Contents

Raymond Bloom attended the exhibition presented by the Sackners in their Archive of Hebrew Concrete Poetry, Micrography and Kabbala for the Central Agency for Jewish Education in Dade County. Dr. Bloom distributed this sheet concerning the three stages of the history of writing: picture writing, charade or rebus, alphabet with 22 sounds and 22 pictures, as an introduction to the Archive exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Starker Toback, 1963

 Item — Box 330: [Barcode: 31858072490968]
Identifier: CC-22580-23006

Substitute Alphabet 9 / Moore, Claire., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-06648-6767
Scope and Contents

Claire Moore's (1917-1988) image consists of a substitute alphabet conceived by the artist adjacent to the English alphabet. A narrative on both sides of this painting explains the reasons for doing this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Ten Poems for Cantebury / Cobbing, Bob., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-17498-17864
Scope and Contents

Most of the poems in this book have been published previously. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Thank You Ruth and Marvin / Valdes-Faldi, Jose; Boren, Shed., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-47618-68630
Scope and Contents

This is a "thank you card" for being invited to the 30th birthday party for Patrick Quigley held at the Sackner's apartment in 2007. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

The A-Z of Consumerville (I) / Furnival, John., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-12784-13068
Scope and Contents

Each of the 26 sheets represents a letter of the alphabet with collaged labels and stenciled ink drawings. The images accompanying this record spell "S A C K N E R." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

The A-Z of Consumerville (II) / Furnival, John., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12346-12572
Scope and Contents

Each of the 26 sheets represents a letter of the alphabet with collaged labels and stenciled ink drawings. The letters in the images depicted with this record are "T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Alphabet Abecedarium / Firmage, Richard A.., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34498-36195
Scope and Contents

Traces the history and development of the Roman alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Alphabet Book...WW II: A Short History of the Second World War in Two Volumes; Volume 1 / Feldman, Walter., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27554-28626
Scope and Contents

In the introduction, Feldman mentions that the book was prompted by the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1995. He had served as a lieutenant of infantry in several battles including the Battle of the Bulge. He began the book by making collages of letters in a variety of fonts for each letter of the alphabet. These designs were concerned with not only letter identity but also with the formal relationships of their distinctive shapes within the geometry of the circle. The alphabetical letter picture was complemented by printing names, places and events on and in varied fonts and sizes along side of the typographic letter pictures. The looseleaf notebook design was chosen to allow the prints to lie flat. The second volume is a compendium that annotates the meaning of the words or phrases which Feldman selected to signify the places, events and people important to the history of WWII. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Alphabet Book...WW II: A Short History of the Second World War in Two Volumes; Volume 2 / Feldman, Walter., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27555-28627
Scope and Contents

In the introduction, Feldman mentions that the book was prompted by the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1995. He had served as a lieutenant of infantry in several battles including the Battle of the Bulge. He began the book by making collages of letters in a variety of fonts for each letter of the alphabet. These designs were concerned not only letter identity but also with the formal relationships of their distinctive shapes within the geometry of the circle. The alphabetical letter picture was complemented by printing names, places and events on an in varied fonts and sizes along side of the typographic letter pictures. The looseleaf notebook design was chosen to allow the prints to lie flat. The second volume is a compendium that annotates the meaning of the words or phrases which Feldman selected to signify the places, events and people important to the history of WWII. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996