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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1476 Collections and/or Records:

Whereof...Thereof / Crombie, John., 1994

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Identifier: CC-20610-21012
Scope and Contents

Based on Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Why My Left Leg is Hot!, 2008

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Identifier: CC-48840-69875
Scope and Contents

Each page of this book depicts naked and stocking clad legs mostly cropped from magazines. There is a minimum content of found texts. The 1st edition was published in 1989 and is not held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Wie Weiss Ist Die Weisen, 1975

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Identifier: CC-27347-28068
Scope and Contents

Variations of the Gomringer's poem "wie weis ist wissen die weisen" have been typeset in lower case letters in rectangular blocks and interspered among illustrations of Uecker's white nail works. There are 720 permutations of the words in the title sentence. The cover by Uecker is embossed with images of nails placed on heavy white paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Wild Girls Redox: Operator's Manual / Knudson, Ellen., 2009

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Identifier: CC-50819-71897
Scope and Contents

This book provides images of Wild Girl behavior with text from the Missouri Department of Revenue Motorcycle Operator Manual. This book was awarded the Bienes Prize for Artist Books, Fort Lauderdale Public Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell / Fahrner, Barbara ; Gallo, Philip., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11026-11241
Scope and Contents

The bookbinding was done by Daniel E. Kelm and the printing by Philip Gallo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Willy Nilly , 2003

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Identifier: CC-42096-44097
Scope and Contents

Each facing page has the words, "Tock Tick" in the upper outer corners and "Dong Ding" in the lower inner corners. The Center of each page consists of a single word surrounded by a rectangle of closely packed printing ornaments. For example on two sets of successive pages, the text reads, "GO HOME" and "ABROAD WIN." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20115-20510
Scope and Contents

Printed on Arches paper. A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive "Bous Baisers D'Angleterre," has identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20121-20516
Scope and Contents

A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive, "Bons Baisers d'Angleterre," contains identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Within the Turning / Cole, David, curator ; Danon B ; Erickson R ; Ernst K ; Helmes S ; Jackson S ; Korf K ; Laxson R ; Mittendorf H ; Welch C ; Zelevansky P ; Cole D ; Mittendorf A ; Rosenberg MR ; Wiener M., 1989

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Identifier: CC-17807-18177
Scope and Contents

Cole has recreated the works of 17 collaborating artists and made "another visual poetic text out of each person's word in relation to my own" in the exhibition documentation. Also included is a copy of the invitation sent to "20 visual poetic friends." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Woman in Art / Pezold, Frederique., 1973

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Identifier: CC-04689-4777
Scope and Contents

Also designated No.27 in series by Reflection Press. Edited by Albrecht D. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Women Men/Men Women / Gross, Roni., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34029-35707
Scope and Contents

The cards inserted within the sleeve pages contain handwritten texts (printed letterpress) about Indian and Persian religious ceremonies related to women. These are illustrated with linocuts and texts of varied typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

word book, 1970

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Identifier: CC-31411-32900
Scope and Contents

Each of the three pages in this booklet has a single typed word or letter - art, is, t - adding up to"artist." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Word for Word / Cole, David ; Rosenberg, Marilyn., 1988

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Identifier: CC-19751-20138
Scope and Contents

The poems were composed between the collaborators by back and forth interchange through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Words / Hafif, Marcie., 1976

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Identifier: CC-54630-58048
Scope and Contents

This book that was self-published in 1976 (current copy) was republished in 1997; both editions are out of print. It appears to be an example of automatic typing in the same genre as Leondro Katz's scrolls, "Word Column IV: Puno/Altamira; Word Column XII: Section I." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976