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Artist book

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2627 Collections and/or Records:

God, 1993

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Identifier: CC-05280-5383
Scope and Contents

All pages of this book are blank but include two vertical linear perforations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

[God], 1988

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Identifier: CC-04467-4551
Scope and Contents LaCrosse Tribune Obituary: Earl "Buddy" Potvin, 91, passed away peacefully Wednesday Sept. 17, 2014.Buddy was born in Minneapolis. He attended Minneapolis West High School and shortly after served in World War II. Upon returning from the service, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and a master's of fine arts from Cranbrook Academy of the Arts.Buddy was an art faculty member at the University of Minnesota, and at College of St. Teresa in Winona. He also taught with his wife on the Ganado indian reservation in Arizona in the early 1980s.He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosemary (Posy) Potvin; his parents, Floyd and Amabel Potvin; and his sisters, Mary (Bill) O'Brien, Helen (Bill) Summers, Nancy (Charles) Madden, and Joann (Richard) Shannon.Buddy was a prolific artist who lived a passionate life. He spent most of his life walking; around cities, along the train tracks from Winona to Minneapolis, to visit his parents, from Lake Michigan to the O'Hare...
Dates: 1988

going / Depew, Wally., 1984

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Identifier: CC-15176-15497
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts the same rubberstamped dragon as its companion volume but here the darkest image is at the beginning of the book and progressively lightens as it approaches the end. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Gold Not Sold - Almanach 1996 / Knistoff, Fredy Flores ; Andryczuk, Hartmut., 1996

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Identifier: CC-08167-8328
Scope and Contents

Some of the works have been recycled, e.g., a drawing by Knistoff dated 1988 is included in this work which was a collaboration by the two authors. The binding includes two paper handles at its top which gives a shopping bag appearance to it. The paper has the color of a brown printed paper bag. The story begins with a visit to Anna Frank's in Amsterdam: to inspect "the diaries behind the wall" and ends with the perspective of "the diaries before the wall." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Gorbachev / Prigov, Dmitri., 1988

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Identifier: CC-04219-4298
Scope and Contents The pages of this book have been altered by Prigov with hand drawn, vertically elongated, letters overlying the original text. Upon his death in July 2007, Igor Satinovsky wrote the following to Richard Kostelanetz who sent a copy to the Sackners. Ye, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov was a very interesting figure. Born in 1940, the same year as J.Brodsky, K.Kuzminsky and R.Kostelanetz, he truly came to spotlight only in the 80s, being a phenomenally gifted performer of his own writing. An artist by education, Prigov has been experimenting with various traditional and avant-garde poetic/artistic modes since the early 60s, including visual and typographic poetry (Sackners have some examples in their archive). By the late 70's, he settled into very disciplined conceptual work, which at its core had a performance persona of Prigov as a cross between a mad Soviet intellectual and a traditional Russian «holy schizo», yurodivyi. In reality, he was probably one of the most consistently...
Dates: 1988

Graffitextures / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09058-9237
Scope and Contents

Images on inside of box painted on plastic foam are enlargements of graffiti observed by Hirschman on San Francisco subways. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Graphemes en Vibrances / Chopin, Henri., 1990

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Identifier: CC-16599-16952
Scope and Contents

Only the first five numbers of the edition included an original typewriter drawing and a silkscreen print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Graphies: Livre a ecrire, 1984

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Identifier: CC-30629-32069
Scope and Contents

The pages of handwritten text include examples of micrographic writings, freeform markings, abstract shapes and calligraphic characters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

GREEN DRAGON SPRINGS / Depew, Wally., 1984

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Identifier: CC-15183-15504
Scope and Contents

The same rubberstamped dragon is depicted in this book as in the books, "coming and going," but here the arrangements of multiple dragons complex. Further, an APPENDIX depicts the DRAGONS IN COLORS other than green. The layouts vary from copy to copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Green Handwriting & Black X's] / Pavanello, Giancarlo., 1993

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Identifier: CC-40203-42173
Scope and Contents

The text is written in green ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36254-38044
Scope and Contents

This book is a recreation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36255-38045
Scope and Contents

This book is a recreation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36444-38237
Scope and Contents

This book is a re-creation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Ground Plans For A Speaking City / McCaffery, Steve., 1970

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Identifier: CC-38157-40051
Scope and Contents

This is an early study for Carnival 1. The pages consist of photocopied fragments of newspaper clippings overwritten with abstract marks. There are also typings of the letter m's on the newspaper texts. The Sackner Archive holds two copies of this book that differ slightly in their covers and contents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Grunes Erlangen, 1979

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Identifier: CC-15150-15471
Scope and Contents

The pages were printed from writings and collages of newspaper and periodical clippings in which the word, grun (meaning green in English) was mentioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979