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Calligraphic markings

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 793 Collections and/or Records:

CERVELLI Letters Mapes, 1960

 Item — Folder 31: [Barcode: 31858072459906]
Identifier: CC-19351-19734
Scope and Contents ItInternet:Italian artist Enrico Cervelli (1927-1961)is best remembered now for being Artistic Director on the 1954 Federico Fellini film La Strada. However, he also had an impressive painting career in the 1950s and 1960s, with solo shows at Galleria Numero in Florence in 1955, Galleria Pogliani in Rome in 1961 and the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1966. A 1960 review by Michel Strauss in the art magazine The Burlington - of an exhibition of Cervelli's work at London's Savage Gallery - described the artwork as calligraphic transpositions of ancient propitiatory rites as presented by the peasants of the Abruzzi region. Cervelli was interpreting ancient rites and symbols in a very modern context. The review described his technique as watercolour, gouache, ink and gold leaf pressed down with sealing wax and Strauss, later to be head of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby's, said the combination of shapes and colours represented "the best of abstract traditions". There is some...
Dates: 1960

CHANCHO [Untitled], 1981

 Item — Folder 34: [Barcode: 31858072459930]
Identifier: CC-19408-19791
Scope and Contents

The form of the calligraphic loopings resembles the markings in the paintings of Cy Twombly but their density in this drawing of Chanco is much greater. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Chinese Red / Price, Lee., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35470-37206
Scope and Contents

A visual calligraphic drawing of a Chinese junk illustrates this poem printed in a vertical format. The poem and design were created in 1997 using Microsoft Paint for the cover of a small press magazine, Eratica. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Chisel Book: Scrittura Come Piassi Politica. No.6 / Duccio Berti., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-21981-22393
Scope and Contents

After a six page essay dealing with a hypothesis for an esthetic-conceptual grammer printed on white paper stock, the remander of this book consists of single or grids of calligraphic marks or hieroglyphics printed on black paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

[Circles Spheres Lines] / Hatherly, Ana., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-34760-36466
Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of red and black ink spheres and varied sized circles connected by lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Codestones of Venice / Claire, Paula ; Bentivoglio M., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-31440-32929
Scope and Contents

This book is a score for a performance piece given at Magazzini del Sale in conjunction with the exhibition, Materializzazione del Linguaggio, organized for the Venice Biennale by Mirella Bentivoglio. The work was based upon a treated text of John Ruskin's commentary, "The Stones of Venice" (1851-1953). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Colors, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34583-36282
Scope and Contents

Ken Nordine first recorded the text in 1967 that was rereleased in 1995 by Asphodel Records. Henrik Drescher made the omages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Connaitre l'Art de la Demesure / Quentin, Bernard ; Lambert JC ; Jouffroy A ; Restany P., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-39003-40940
Scope and Contents

This book is a visual survey of Quentin's works, who was born in 1923, that begins with his student realistic drawings, 1940-1944. The first calligraphic and hieroglyphic drawings appear in 1944-1946. Some are on paper and hemp, others are incised on clay tablets. The Sackner Archive holds a drawing from this period. Quentin's work in architecture and graphic design begins in the early sixties. In the seventies, he begins to do jewelry and flatware design with calligraphic, concrete poetic imagery. In the early eighties, he executes large concrete poetic sculptures in French and Arabic languages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Connaitre l'Art de la Demesure / Quentin, Bernard ; Lambert JC ; Jouffroy A ; Restany P., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-31044-32506
Scope and Contents

This book is a visual survey of Quentin's works, who was born in 1923, that begins with his student realistic drawings, 1940-1944. The first calligraphic and hieroglyphic drawings appear in 1944-1946. The Sackner Archive holds a drawing from this period. Some are on paper and hemp, others are incised on clay tablets. Quentin's work in architecture and graphic design begins in the early sixties. In the seventies, he begins to do jewelry and flatware design with calligraphic, concrete poetic imagery. In the early eighties, he executes large concrete poetic sculptures in French and Arabic languages.The calligraphic drawing accompanying this book is entitled "Art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Croisement de Signes / Koraichi R ; Michaux H ; Burroughs WS ; Restany P ; Arp H ; Hausmann R ; Michaux H ; Miro J ; Bella B ; Degottex J ; Gysin B ; Hassan S ; U-Fan L ; Butor M ; Rossell B ; Quentin B ; Ruscha E., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-35618-37365
Scope and Contents

This catalogue features experimental calligraphic paintings by Ben Bella, Brion Gysin, Jean Degottex, Shakir Hassan, and Lee I-Fan. William Burroughs' interview of Brion Gysin is titled "Points de Passage." Pierre Restany contributed an essay on the work of Lee U-Fan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Cromanzo, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-15421-15745
Scope and Contents

The colors appear so vibrant that it seems that the images were drawn rather than printed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Curvd H&Z: Card #93: [Lettriste Photograph]. No.437/Nov / Frederique Devaux., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29217-30570
Scope and Contents

The colored photograph appears to depict a rumpled fabric with Lettrist calligraphic markings. The signees on the card are Lettiste poets -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997