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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

Maquette for The Postcard Century / Phillips, Tom; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1997 - 2000

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Identifier: CC-35504-37241
Scope and Contents The dimensions of the postcards in the early 20th century were much smaller than contemporary postcards and the image and message were written on the same side up to about 1905. After 1905, the dimensions remained small but the messages were written on the side opposite to the image. Each folder has handwritten reproductions of the messages on the card inscribed by Phillips. Further, the publisher of each card is written by Phillips on the back cover of the two museum board folder. One of the postcards in 1903 that was written in code was deciphered by Phillips. One of the postcards in 1908 that depicts an advertisement with the appearance of concrete poetry. Phillips mentions this observation and cites the Sackner Archive. One of the cards in 1913 advertising cigarettes and another in 1914 depicting the Panama Canal have surrealistic qualities. A card in 1922 has a visual poetic image.A card in 1938 depicts the infamous Nazi Entartete Kunst exhibition house. A card in 1940 shows a...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

[Marble Papers], 1990

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-42811-44851
Scope and Contents

This book consists of black-brown marbled pages without text or attrbution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Marvel / Pelieu, Claude., 1972

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Identifier: CC-28203-29370
Scope and Contents

Pelieu appropriated a hard cover comic strip book and collaged other cut-up comic strips and advertisements onto each page. The order of these collage additions into this book was probably random, an analogy to the cut-up technique popularized by Gyson and Burroughs for literature and poetry. Although unsigned and undated, the spine is collaged with the header of the London Sunday Times August 27 1972.This work was once in the possession of William Burroughs according to Richard Aaron of Am Here Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Marvin Retired / Laxson, Ruth., 1994

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Identifier: CC-07538-7682
Scope and Contents

Written on the occasion of Marvin Sackner's retirement from the practice of medicine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Mask Books / Ellis, Edie., 1987

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Identifier: CC-14194-14500
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds "Brown Mask Book" from this listing of Ellis' works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Mass Produced Objects Permed / Crozier, Robin., 1978

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Identifier: CC-19624-20010
Scope and Contents

Many of the images depict partially clad nude women in erotic poses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Matchbook, 1983

 Item — Box 188: [Barcode: 31858072459583]
Identifier: CC-25627-26085
Scope and Contents

Wooden twigs glued into cover were painted to appear like matches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Mayday / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09065-9244
Scope and Contents

The theme is the American May Day. The book was done to remind readers that this holiday began as an American celebration not a Soviet event. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Measurism, 1996

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Identifier: CC-27842-28975
Scope and Contents

This book "plots the logarithms of social measurement against stimulus values in decibels. It finds the sensation magnitude to be a constant that depends on interaction." Laxson uses scientific statements in a poetic mixture with social perceptions and feelings. These pages are printed in her typical arrangement of mixing different fonts and font dimensions. She also includes five pages of naive line drawings of a leader, a visionary, traffic, a friend, and a muse/guardian that contrast in style and content to the scientific, sophisticated typographic pages. Both inside covers have been collaged from edge to edge with letterpressed printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Meches des Cheveux du Petit Marquis de Sade / Delamare, Patricia., 1984

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Identifier: CC-16087-16430
Scope and Contents

Each of the black pages in this book is collaged with swatches of blond hair and pieces of paper that have fragments of handwritten text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

media/contra/media / Hocks, Paula., 1993

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Identifier: CC-36644-38455
Scope and Contents

The catalogue mentions that works of Paula Hocks are in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Meditation Manual for Mini-Minds & Mystics, 1968

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-14033-14338
Scope and Contents

This is a minibooklet in which each page is cut in half horizontally such that the two halves can be matched to different pages to give permutations of minimalist poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968