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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2627 Collections and/or Records:

Gesucht: Mein Vater / Muhsam, Armin., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-41193-43176
Scope and Contents

The book is a letter from Muhsam to Melanie MacRae in America describing his situation in Germany and his great desire to visit the Western United States. The book and drawing are described by the artist as "an imaginary Advent Calendar." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

[Getty Center Artist Book presented to Marvin A. Sackner] / Baker, Jan., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-26468-26937
Scope and Contents

This book was organized by Mel Edelstein and presented to the participants in the seminar "Reading and the Art of the Book" at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities. The Sackners were invited to this conference. Jan Baker used printed materials from the Center to form the collages on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

[Getty Center Artist Book presented to Ruth Sackner], 1992

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: A-Ba: [Barcode: 31858072491164]
Identifier: CC-28232-29400
Scope and Contents

This book was organized by Mel Edelstein and presented to the participants in the seminar "Reading and the Art of the Book" at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities. The Sackners were invited to this conference. Jan Baker used printed materials from the Center to form the collages on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Gilded Self Portrait / Suzanne Reese Horvitz., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-09845-10039
Scope and Contents

Horvitz writes "The text relates to the idea of the Siren & the Siren Sheds Golden Tears." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Gilded Self Portrait / Suzanne Reese Horvitz., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-09845-10039
Scope and Contents

Horvitz writes "The text relates to the idea of the Siren & the Siren Sheds Golden Tears." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Giornale / Caruso, Luciano., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-19487-19870
Scope and Contents

The pages are constructed of pages of newspapers over which a rounded, grid of white paper has been pasted. The pages when turned, sound crunchy and have a textured feeling that adds to the book's appeal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

[Giorno Dopo Giorno] / Fagioli, Luigi., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-12810-13097
Scope and Contents

This is a trade edition booklet that has been altered by the artist by overwiting the text with colored ink, hoeroglyphic-like markings to the extent that the original text has been rendered unrecognizable. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Girls! Girls! Madwomen & Murderesses / Maher, Miranda., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-34623-36324
Scope and Contents

This is a feminist book in which the author describes madwomen, murderous madwomen, and murderesses using press quotations, drawings amd photographic reproductions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Give Me the Words / Hensel, Susan., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-28791-30101
Scope and Contents

The background text appears to be sentences derived from random thoughts analogous to automatic writing or painting. The pop-ups consist of the letters of the title filled with fragmented text. The inside back cover has a magnetic surface onto which have been arranged about 200 words and brief phrases that can be altered by the reader. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Give Up Art / Olbrich, Jurgen O.., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-59306-10002400
Scope and Contents

Thr numbers 1 to 20 are handwritten, one large number to a page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Giving Fear a Proper Name: Detroit, 1984

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-09937-10134
Scope and Contents

The artist produced this book from a diary she kept about dreams, recollections, and fears on relocating to Detroit in 1979. Facing pages, one of poems and the other of photocollages depict such experiences. The photographs were reprinted from "Portrait of an Artist and Her Mother."The experiences described among others include "kainophobia": fear of change, "eremiphobia": fear of solitude. Grant has produced an outstanding, powerful presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Go Book: 10. No.10 / Wally Depew., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-54331-643218
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book10 consists of mainly of blank varied colored stock paper with a few pages depicting rubberstamped or woodcut numbers 10, 1, or 0. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: And. No.27 / Wally Depew., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-54344-643231
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. In this book, Depew has taken a single abstract woodcut image and manipulated it on the pages as one to four juxtaposed images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: arrow(s). No.38 / Wally Depew., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-54354-643242
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages.The pages depict arrow or arrows, some narrow and others wide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Being a Go Book. No.33 / Wally Depew., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-54346-643233
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. Most of the pages of this book depict an abstract woodcut image that has been manipulated by joining multiple images of it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Go Book: Dart Skip. No.9 / Wally Depew., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-54330-643217
Scope and Contents

As with other Depew books, the page count includes the blank side of the page, e.g., 24 leaves equals 48 pages. The special issue numbering also included non-related booklets with different titles. Go Book 9 consists of a combination of woodcut squares and rectangles and rubberstamped words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973