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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2627 Collections and/or Records:

Munakata's China Blues / Hirschman, Jack., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-58315-59502
Scope and Contents

Wikipedia: Munakata is a Japanese city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, in the north Chikuzen region of the prefecture. The city was founded on April 1, 1981. As of April 1, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 94,660 and a population density of 791 persons per km 2. It is off the coast of China -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Muse Kaip Knyga: Catalog of Artistic Books / Maurus H ; Rypson P ; Morgenstern C ; Mallarme S ; Schwitters K ; Hugnet G ; Duchamp M ; Roth D ; Kolar J ; Apollinaire G ; Marinetti FT ; Grigaliunas K., 1994

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Identifier: CC-06682-6801
Scope and Contents

The theme of the exhibition was "The Fly." It was curated by Kestutis Grigalinus. It includes several essays that illustrate and trace the international artist book movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Muse Measures, 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-31911-33436
Scope and Contents

Ruth Laxson combines worldly, sophisticated statements of truth and wisdom with lively typographic, hand drawn and written designs. The book is divided into three sections: Theory, Figments and Other. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Museum of Penny Candy, 2000

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-35181-36915
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of the candy object described by an ancient dictionary along with the candy itself. The presentation is reminiscent of early Joseph Kosuth works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

My Body / Dunne, Jason., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27776-28905
Scope and Contents

Each page is typed with a single word to form a sentence when read as a whole, "my body has not clicked...". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

My Dolly and Me / Lotz, Renate., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-33116-34742
Scope and Contents

The drawings, that are bound into this book, consist of stylized, line drawings of upright, cylindrical figures with different animal heads. In some drawings, areas are highlighted with red watercolor or red colored pencil marks; others have cartoon bubbles with text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

my pet concertinas, 1988

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-48234-69258
Scope and Contents

The booklet with the 26 treated pages has an abstract line drawing on its cover, the booklet with 69 treated pages has the roman numeral "II" on its cover with the title "Les Tres Riches Heures de Fleur." The first booklet describes and illustrates trips to Kenya, Verona, Dusseldorf with Phillips' assistant/bookbinder Pella Erskine Tulloch. He also describes and illustrates her musical tastes. The first sketch of her portrait appears on one of the pages; the Sackner Archive holds the completed painted portrait. In the booklet with 69 treated pages (concertina II), Phillips mentions drawing and painting Pella's portrait and comments on his own activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

My Summer Vacation / curry, jw., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-36723-38546
Scope and Contents

The mailing envelope is addressed to curry's parents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

My Trip to N.Y.C. / Sackner, Sara., 1977

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Identifier: CC-29931-31322
Scope and Contents

This humorous photographic diary was made by Sara on April 23rd, 1977, on a day she met her parents and visited art galleries in Manhattan with them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

My Twelve Steps / Martin, Emily., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29017-30353
Scope and Contents

The single page is folded 12 times so that when the book is opened and the two strings attached to the pages are pulled, it expands into a step-like appearance. Each step is printed with the author's philosophy, e.g., you can't make me be both parents, you can't keep secrets from me, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997