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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1476 Collections and/or Records:

Book of Eros / Diacono, Mario., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-15382-15706
Scope and Contents

Consists of Italian titles centered on two of the pages, "White Vagina" (printed in black ink) that denotes two white, blank pages and "Inscribed Vagina" (printed in white ink) hat denotes two black, blank pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Book of the Dead / Depew, Wally ; Young K., 1990

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Identifier: CC-15109-15427
Scope and Contents

The pages were photocopied from a rubberstamped text. This book was dedicated to Karl Young. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Book One / Conner, Bruce., 1970

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Identifier: CC-20255-20652
Scope and Contents

The high density of the markings of the images is similar to the early work created by El Hanani, also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Book Toy Cube / Smith, Esther K. ; Faust, Dikko., 1995

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Identifier: CC-28899-30225
Scope and Contents

This book with an unusual construction has the following directions printed on its wrappers, "Opens 4 ways by quarter-year - Turn book so 1995 faces up - Find your month by number - open that side to your month. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Book / Tuttle, Richard., 1974

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Identifier: CC-29895-31282
Scope and Contents

Each page has a single letter of the alphabet printed on grey colored paper stock. The caption, "Artists' books exhibition Arts Council," is rubberstamped on the inside back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Books, Paintings and Memorabilia / Broaddus, John-Eric ; Sackner MA., 1990

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Identifier: CC-22503-22928
Scope and Contents

The essay by Marvin Sackner in the catalogue has been altered in the style of Broaddus' work. The Catalogue itself is presented as an Artist Book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Bounce Poem / Depew, Wally ; Wagner Dr., 1970

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Identifier: CC-15113-15431
Scope and Contents

The images originating from woodblock prints depict a tennis ball bouncing against a tennis racquet as viewed in profile. This book was printed by D.r. Wagner and was also designated as Runcible Spoon Cretin concrete poetry series #1. Stored in the Wally Depew box of publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Box of Growth, 1999

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-34487-36184
Scope and Contents

Esther K Smith was the art director and Dikko Faust did the letterpress and typography for this bookwork by Happersett. The colophon states that "This series of mathematical drawings is based on growth and decay patterns of twigs and the Fibonacci sequence," The books are entitled, "Twig," "Leaf," "Conch," "Bloeman" and "Sprout." Each page of the books is made with additional calligraphic strokes using a progressive Fibonacci sequence page by page to connote the natural history of growth of the plants mentioned in the titles.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Bozobook / Firesign Theatre, The., 1981

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Identifier: CC-12243-12467
Scope and Contents

The Firesign Theatre broadcasted on KPFP FM, Los Angeles from 1970-1971. The group consisted of Philip Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Procter. The centerfold is a photocopied page from a radio script. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: No Words (Deluxe Edition). No.31 / Irma Blank., 1994

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Identifier: CC-24052-24502
Scope and Contents

The text is "Everybody's Autobiography" by Gertrude Stein. Each facing page is replicated in cancelled, abstract calligraphic markings by Blank. An original cancelled drawing is included of page 153. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: Tipo/Grafia. No.4 / Luciano Caruso., 1979

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Identifier: CC-23422-23866
Scope and Contents

The content of this book consists mainly of collaged pornographic images taken from popular sex magazines that deal with explicit sexual intercourse, oral sex, and sadomasochism superimposed upon pharmaceutical information pages. The content of each issue differs from the others with this title. This is a varient copy in the series that was purchased from Caruso. However, each book is unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: Tipo/Grafia. No.4 / Luciano Caruso., 1979

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Identifier: CC-23423-23867
Scope and Contents

This content of this copy deals mainly with the structure and typography of the page and does not utilize pornographic images as in the other copy held by the Sackner Archive. However, each book is unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Brogliaccio Sive Liber de Broliis, 1996

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Identifier: CC-27680-28768
Scope and Contents

This book is a reprint of a unique artist book done by Caruso in 1977 in Firenze; its pages are uncut. It was published on the occasion of an exhibition by Caruso entitled, "Caso di Giorgione" held in Castelofranco Veneto, Treviso, Italy in 1996. The pages of the book reproduce a written text which appears to be documented on a printed foldout from the front cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Broken Ground / Belloff, Mindy., 1992 - 2003

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Identifier: CC-43079-45130
Scope and Contents

According to notes by Belloff, "Broken Ground is an eruption of spontaneous, diary-like writings interwoven throughout bold painting. Nine entries ignite with feelings of first love, lament lost loves, explode in anger, question relational motive, explore family history and express a struggle with the psyche for self-knowledge." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992 - 2003

Buch / Gerz, Jochen., 1973

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Identifier: CC-35540-37280
Scope and Contents

This book is designated No.782 in Gerz's Catalogue Raisonne Volume III. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973