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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1476 Collections and/or Records:

To Work / Tan, Elisa., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-28782-30092
Scope and Contents

This book, which is designated the 2nd edition, deals with Tan's memories of working 9 hours a day in a hand-bag factory in 1977. She pasted imitation-leather onto cardboard. The text relates to a printed book first editioned in 1978 in 50 copies. The Sackner Archive holds a copy of a related unique book, entitled, "Conjugation of the Verb: To Work," in which the pages have collaged elements of a similar text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Too Much Bliss / Drescher, Henrik ; Gallo P ; Kelm D., 1992

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Identifier: CC-15890-16223
Scope and Contents

This book was printed by Philip Gallo from metal plates and bound by Daniel Kelm. Every page has watercolored additions by Drescher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Top Gush / Bennett, John M. ; Leftwich J ; Taylor T., 2002

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Identifier: CC-42005-44001
Scope and Contents

Covers were done by Jim Leftwich and Thomas L. Taylor -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Tout Arrive, Meme Rien / Roche, Maurice; Loubieres, Jean-Claude., 1992

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Identifier: CC-29425-30790
Scope and Contents

This book is not listed in Roche's bibliography published in "La Violence Le Chant" (1994). It is designated as Collectif Generation No.109. The tirage is not provided but probably is about 20 copies as judged from similar books in the series. The paper is Moulon du Gue and has seven, small round perforations lined up in an evenly spaced row in the middle of the page. The text is printed mostly on the edges, partly underneath the paraffin edges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Tout No.....15, 1966

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21894-22306
Scope and Contents

All books were assembled by Ben and no two copies are alike. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Tout No.....15, 1966

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21895-22307
Scope and Contents

All books were assembled by Ben and no two copies are alike. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Toxic / Depew, Wally., 1986

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Identifier: CC-51145-72232
Scope and Contents

In a letter to Marvin Sackner, Depew explained that he counts each sheet as two pages even if the sides are blank. This copy of the book and another have a beige cover in contrast to the usual green cover. It is likely that the pages were created by rubberstamping followed for photocopying them for the edition. The sole word used in this book is "toxic." The frontpiece depicts an abstract image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Toxic / Depew, Wally., 1986

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Identifier: CC-15105-15423
Scope and Contents

In a letter to Marvin Sackner, Depew explained that he counts each sheet as two pages even if the sides are blank. This copy of the book as do most has a green paper cover. One of the Sackner copies has a light gray cover. It is likely that the pages were created by rubberstamping followed by photocopying them for the edition. The sole word used in this book is "toxic." The frontpiece depicts an abstract image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Traces of Man / Stetser, Carol., 2000

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Identifier: CC-43452-45515
Scope and Contents

This book reveals "traces of man" through history from reproductions of cave pictures, languages, mathematics, computer texts and buildings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Trailer / Phillips, Tom., 1971

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Identifier: CC-43952-46063
Scope and Contents

Phillips recounts the creation of Humument and of Trailer in his preface. Trailer was made from the reminders of a second copy of "A Human Document" that Phillips had purchased to paint Humument fragments. Most of the images in Trailer consist of Humument texts and abstract line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Transformationen: zum Wort NIE / Hapkemeyer, Andreas., 1989

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Identifier: CC-60297-10003298
Scope and Contents

NIE in German means never, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Translation / Grunberg, Maty ; Cinicolo-3 D., 1977

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Identifier: CC-10310-10513
Scope and Contents

The typography was done by Donato Cinicolo 3 and the etchings by David Brown at the New Crane Studio in London. The images consist of photographs of the artist's face and corresponding verbal tautologies of a facial part in juxtaposition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Transmorfations / Strangulensis, Ficus., 1996

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Identifier: CC-30286-31695
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a handwritten column of words or wordlike forms (composed in a computer) which shows progressive alteration from a primary word to a new one or an image. Examples include among others 1) be to blank 2) know to no 3) void to form 4) a hammer to a nail.This has been termed "transmorfation" by Ficus Strangulensis and has also been utilized by other poets, notably Crag Hill, jw curry, and Geof Huth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Transparency / Dellafiora, David, editor., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39539-41497
Scope and Contents

This artist book presents a body of work produced by year 8 students at Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College. Each student focused on a particular landscape for the development of small canvases (reproduced as b&w photocopied pages) that are captioned with a single word. The book accompanied an exhibition at the HUB Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Transparency / McNiece, Kelly., 2002

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Identifier: CC-41663-43655
Scope and Contents

The book of landscapes was produced as part of Dellafiora's gallery program for eighth year secondary college students. It coincided with an exhibition at HUB gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002