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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

Roman / Cepl, Gernot., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19613-19999
Scope and Contents

This is a trade edition German novel in which Cepl has collaged the covers and a small portion of each page with torn or cut fragments of printed text from other books or periodicals with different languages. The covers and part of their insides are covered completely with such fragments -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Romances-Emblems-Enigmas / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1980

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Identifier: CC-11773-11992
Scope and Contents

A caption for a picture poem is printed at the bottom of each left hand page along with a printer's ornament of a hand pointing to each blank right hand page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

R.O.T.W., 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21852-22263
Scope and Contents

The two masks are identical and represent a frontal image of a male face with glasses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Rough Passage / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-20378-20775
Scope and Contents

This is an erotic illustrated novel that begins with juvenille, masculine, sexual awaking and continues through first romance and then to sexual fantasies. The book was written by Crombie and the slipcase, available only in the special edition, was designed by Bourne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

RSMPS2: the rubber-stamp mini-printer series 2 / Cutts, Simon ; Duncalf S ; Bersenbrugge MM ; Satie E., 1995

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Identifier: CC-27412-28456
Scope and Contents

Pages consist of tan paper of heavy stock and yellow pages of light stock. Several pages are rubberstamped in black, blue, green and red inks with brief lines of poetry, fiction or left blank. One page is rubberstamped with images of condoms and another with a rejection stamp of the Tate Gallery, London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Rubber Condom [I], 1980

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Identifier: CC-28106-29265
Scope and Contents

Pages consist of rubberstamped, random arrangements of varied colored letters and numbers that signify a metaphor for sexual orgasm. The two copies with identical cover and number of pages differ in the rubbrstamped letters and numbers/ -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Rubber Condom vol. II, 1980

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Identifier: CC-28111-29270
Scope and Contents

Pages consist of rubberstamped images of screws, nuts, bolts being fastened together and into a wall signifying a metaphor for sexual orgasm. The fold-out page is rubberstamped ying-yang sanitary napkin bag. It is likely that few copies were produced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Rubber Condom Vol.3 / Petasz, Pawel., 1980 - 1982

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Identifier: CC-58243-51833
Scope and Contents

According to Agius (Artists' Books 2005 catalogue), only Vol.1 & 2 were published. Therefore, this a unique volume. Further, it was submitted to Biennale De Paris for exhibition as evidenced by the label on the back cover in 1982. The cover appears to be accidentally torn but the pages are intact. Petasz writes in the margin of one of its pages "Genuine 15 pages of stupid mandalas to protect your intellect against unexpected insemination by reality." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980 - 1982

Rubber: Stamp-Objects. No.12 / Franz Immoos., 1978

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Identifier: CC-27399-28441
Scope and Contents

This issue documents the books of Immoos; one of these books, 'appear-disappear' is held by the Sackner Archive -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Russische und Ukrainische Kunstlerbucher / Konstriktor B ; Karasik M ; Charms D., 1996

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Identifier: CC-30185-31586
Scope and Contents

Several artist books by Boris Konstriktor, one of the artists who participated in this exhibition, are held by he Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Ruth: Chapter xiii / Lalou, Frank., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32066-33601
Scope and Contents

This calligraphic book on Fabiano papers was commissioned by Marvin Sackner for Ruth as a 63rd birthday present. It recounts the Biblical love story of Ruth, her mother-in-law Naomi and her son Boaz, and Naomi's instructions to Ruth on how to court Boaz. Lalou wrote the story English using black ink lettering at the bottom of nine pages. These pages and four additional pages without Biblical text are decorated with calligraphic renderings of the Hebrew names Ruth, Naomi and Boaz. Other pages are rendered with drawings of alephs, Hebrew letters, stripes of inked lines, and text from the Book of Ruth in English and Hebrew. The final page is dramatically rendered in black Hebrew text and abstract bands of blue, red, orange and yellow colors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Sample Dialog, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-15572-15899
Scope and Contents

A different type and colored ink was utilized for each page. According to Drucker, the book was printed from various typefaces at Bow and Arrow, in collaboration with Emily McVarish, each writing one line throughout, to display the type collection, and to teach Emily how to print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Sampler: Quilt Based Collages / Stetser, Carol., 1994 - 1996

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Identifier: CC-29748-31125
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of a colored photocopied print from a woven collage that has different colored threads arising from perforations at the four corners of the page. The images depict designs for contemporary quilts formed of texts and images collected from magazines. Their content has a feminist and artistic orientations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994 - 1996

Sampler: Quilt Based Collages / Stetser, Carol., 1996

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Identifier: CC-29758-31135
Scope and Contents

The photocopied images depicted in this brochure appear to be based upon woven paper collages. The Sackner Archive holds the limited edition book described in this presentation brochure. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

San Francisco Center for the Book. No.1/Win / Wolf A ; Wolf A ; Butler F ; Johnston A., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29504-30869
Scope and Contents

This issue mentions that Arne and Anna Wolf were honored with an exhibition, "Spirit and Form," as distinguished book artists of the Pacific Rim. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998