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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

pdqb: Hymnuwhy. No.20/Sep / Geof Huth., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04573-4660
Scope and Contents

The poem deals Geof Huth's love for his wife, Nancy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Per Filo e Per Segno, 1988

 Item — Box 194: [Barcode: 31858072459641]
Identifier: CC-03898-3971
Scope and Contents

The images of the scroll focus upon fantastic architectures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Per Libro: For Books: De Livre / Pisano, Marie., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-04930-5027
Scope and Contents

The cover and pages consist of silver, white, blue, red, and gold spray perforated paper with regular perforations along both sides for fitting sprockets of a printer. Collaged fragments of typed and printed and texts in different languages deal with the subject of the book and related matters such as book clubs, codex, scrolls and the bible. The collaged fragments also include printed illustrations depicting books, reading, and writing. The box is collaged with gold wrapping paper & held with gold thread. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Perfect Lines / McVarish, Emily., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-28018-29171
Scope and Contents This is an unusual book in its construction. Its front cover is perforated with horizontal slots that are fitted with metal sliding guides that can be moved side to side to reveal either one of two layers of text. When the guides are pushed to the right, the black text reads: "Perfect Lines - shoot headlong through the moment - Written in chalk to trace the passing. - As safely as consequences - They become in time to belong. - This is the track, - The line, - The Way. - Just as they will, - So do the tracks pass, - Constantly arriving - On grounds of expectation - It will come to pass. - Pass Pass" When the metal guides are moved to the left, the red text of the interior page is revealed. This poem reads, "Great structures - With roof tanks and penthouses - Stand like fixtures. - A ceaseless procession - To break the barrier and the boredom. - The next steel frame sums up the state of things, - and this statement is true: - 50 storeys held to be vertical - Lit structures - with...
Dates: 1996

Permutations par Cochober Choberco Berchoco / Chopin, Henri; Costa, Claudio; Bertini, Gianni., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-19830-20217
Scope and Contents

Includes several pages collaged with erotic prints from the 19th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Permutations: Volume Two / Crozier, Robin., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-19625-20011
Scope and Contents

The poetry consists of permutations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Peter and Donna Thomas Book Arts Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1264
Abstract

Collection of book arts ephemera, with emphasis on papermaking and miniature books.

Dates: 1972 - 2015

Petit Livre Bleu, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09343-9529
Scope and Contents

This a sketch and idea book that includes several small paintings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Petit Roman (Libro-Opera) / Caruso, Luciano., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-19139-19518
Scope and Contents

In addition to the single pages with paint and writing, five sections of pages have been glued together permitting the artist to treat the sections with heavier paint applications. The original book was an entry journal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

PETRIfied forEAST / Galantai, Gyorgy ; Petri, Gyorgy ; Forgacs, Peter., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-10622-10831
Scope and Contents

The three books were created by their authors during a residency in 1990. The book, Oppression & Freedom, Inc. - dedicated to memory of Peter Mark Roget consists of a list of words beginning with "non," dictionary pages that include oppression & free thesaurus pages that include words beginning with "free"; the pages have a header, Supposed but not allowed. A book, Poetry, contains Haiku & picture poems. Galantai's artist book, He is He, contains minimalist poems, visual art, and a concrete poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

PEYOTE / Depew, Wally., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-15174-15495
Scope and Contents

The layouts of the copies differ among them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

P.F. 91-88 / Kolar, Jiri; Kolar, Bela., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-39901-41868
Scope and Contents

The cover is perforated in the shape of Brancusi's sculpture "Bird in Flight." The loose sheets that depict reproductions of paintings, are meant to be placed immediately below the cover to provide a different appearance of this "moveable collage." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Phi / Pena, Alonso Barros ; Moholy-Nagy L., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04833-4926
Scope and Contents

Pena lists his poems in the index according to Mayan hieroglyphics. The letters of the words of the poems are presented in varied colors and the shapes reference the calligrams of Apollinaire. A page with musical notation depicts words in different size typefaces & spacing akin to Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. These points were raised in a review of this book by Rodolfo Alonso that accompanies it. Finally, the box for the book contained paper to make it usable for an H-P computer driven printer.This book might have been composed with a typewriter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Philoontosophy - Gazaliel [Deluxe Edition], 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-60659-62473
Scope and Contents

The pages of this book were handcolored by Elizabeth Was. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989