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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

Free Illustrated Catalog / Depew, Wally., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-58073-10001320
Scope and Contents

The single collaged element on each page consists of a titillating sex advertisement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

From: Alph Bites a primer / Merks, Jane ; Cain, Stephen ; Bartl, Peter., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35841-37601
Scope and Contents

According to the colophon, this book is a result of Merk's reaction to Edita Petrauskaite's foreward on the CD 'Carnivocal - a celebration of sound poetry' where she states: "Sound poetry cannot be captured on paper or forced into a book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[From Dust to Dust], 1997

 Item — Box 201: [Barcode: 31858072459716]
Identifier: CC-27772-28900
Scope and Contents

The paper tape is hand-printed with the phrase "From Dust to Dust." A small paper with an inscription is tied to a human rib bone found by Barron in Turkey. The painted and folded pamphlet is collaged with the saying "The Truth is in the Details" and has the artist's name painted in Hebrew along with two skeletons. A torn "fragile" label is also included in the flip-top box.*Web 1998: [Email]dbarron501@aol.com The "bone" is a human rib-bone, oh pulmonary specialist--and one of adam's, most likely. "love, adarn" should be "love, adam". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

From Olbrich and Me / Figueiredo, Cesar., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-36576-38381
Scope and Contents

This booklet consist of pages cut from a larger book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

From the Book - On the Book - By the Book, 1985

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-32003-33534
Scope and Contents

The pyramidal shaped pages have embedded torn, paper fragments from a printed text on pyramids. The paper fragments are shaped like hieroglyphics or pictograms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

from vowels / Hasekura, Takako., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-36967-38800
Scope and Contents

The prints depict poems formed from a rectangular grid of English vowels with superimposed word play derived with English or Japanese words as well as rubberstamped images. The captions to the poems are in Japanese and English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Games without Rules/ Inexplicable Return / Fingesten, Peter., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-11344-11560
Scope and Contents

The theme of the book and brochure deals with spoofs on classic modern artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series: Sail. No.29 / bp Nichol., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-36913-38746
Scope and Contents

The inside of this booklet is folded to appear like a sail. Each page has a single word relating to sailing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969