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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

Dream Time/ Rainbow Travel / Ide, Christian ; Chatwin, Bruce., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-08594-8766
Scope and Contents

The text, "Songlines," taken from Chatwin a deceased Australian writer, is typographically presented by Ides on hand dyed Japanese papers. The theme is the Australian Aborigine's idea about how plants and creatures came to inhabit the Earth. One hundred copies were published in German and 60 copies in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Drunkard's Path: QuilText 1 / McCarney, Scott., 1991

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Identifier: CC-06764-6883
Scope and Contents

The pages unfold into a rectangular quilt made from cut-out texts from eight books of different languages which had been discarded from public libraries. The texts are mounted onto braile paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Dschamp: VP=VP. No.3 / Thomas Gunther, Sabine Jahn, editors ; Gunther T ; Jahn S ; Andryczuk H ; Dencker KP ; Deisler G ; Ebel G ; Garnier P ; Lohr H ; Mon F ; Nikonova R ; Scherstjanoi V ; Segay S ; Sorgel H ; Warnke U ; Zauner H ; Zylla K ; Hosselbarth K ; Jadot A ; Garnier I ; Claus CF ; Wurzberger M ; Zielke O., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-00869-889
Scope and Contents

The works from this portfolio constituted the exhibition with the same title. The other 25 copies in this edition were placed in a green rather than a black linen covered case as in this example. The photograph collaged to the cover of the case was done by Sabine Jahn (present only in this run of five copies). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Du Fykx / Di Palma, Ray., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-15413-15737
Scope and Contents

The edition size is unknown but must have been small since the pages are hand rubberstamped. The pages read from right to left. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Duster 2, 2002

 Item — Box 95: [Barcode: 31858072538121]
Identifier: CC-39169-41113
Scope and Contents

Each paper strip contains a poetic, metaphor about dusters, paper and words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Earth Book / Collicut, Chris., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-18052-18422
Scope and Contents

One of the pop-ups deals with the hole in the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere and its causes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Earth I, 1989

 Item — Box 195: [Barcode: 31858072459674]
Identifier: CC-07741-7892
Scope and Contents

Book object which relates to Alchemy can be made into a number of different shapes; current shape is a pyramid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Earthworks / Jack A. Hirschman., 1989

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Identifier: CC-09054-9233
Scope and Contents

Hirschman's first response to San Francisco earthquake. He wanted a "stone" effect because the "idea of stones falling on one has been the greatest fear of all around these parts; thus, the spackle, texturing..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Ecarts de Bal, 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-19577-19962
Scope and Contents

The bird-like shapes of the perforations are repeated in the bird shapes of the folded papers collaged onto the several pages. Except for the page with text by Chopin, the book is entirely white and was handmade by Bal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Eccentric Books / Gay Walker, curator ; Apianus P ; Warhol A ; DeCampos A ; Carothers M ; Hamady W ; McCarney S ; Newell P ; Osborn K ; Pienkowski J ; Queneau R ; Rosenberg MR ; Themerson S., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-14220-14527
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds the following books displayed in this exhibition, viz., 1967 reprint of Apianus' "Astronomicum," Andy Warhol's Index Book, Art/Life, Poemobiles by De Campos, The Sense Books by Carothers and The Slant Book by Newell. The curator of this exhibition, Gay Walker, also includes her classification scheme for Eccentric Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988