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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2627 Collections and/or Records:

Rubber Condom vol. II, 1980

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

Sandash / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09023-9200
Scope and Contents

This book is meant to evoke the current Gulf crisis. The visual images incorporate sand to signify the desert and ash from Mt. St. Helena's volcanic eruption to signify the potential for conflict. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Satin Show Is a Spirited Gathering / Turner, Elisa; Satin CJ; Cage J., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-01167-1197
Scope and Contents

Facilitating Processes So That Anything Can (to J.C.), depicted in the article, was purchased by the Sackner Archive from the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Save / Stilinovic, Mladen., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-29870-31257
Scope and Contents

The newspaper pages are thinly painted white and the center of each page is collaged with a clipping with the word "save" and various prices and words. The last page has a one dollar bill, placed within a collaged insert on the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Schatzsuch und Reiseberucht; Band 1 zeit sein und frei haben / Hainke, Wolfgang ; Dittmar R ; Williams E., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-08963-9139
Scope and Contents

This is a reworked children's book in which the pages have been folded to contain loose sheets and cards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990