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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

Terra del Fuoco: Archives 2 / Caruso, Luciano; Martini, Stelio Maria., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-19417-19800
Scope and Contents

The collage by Caruso consists of a folded letter with handwriting and an image of a dock scene. The collage by Martini depicts three silhouettes of a man's head utilizing a written document as its basis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[thank you] / Goldfarb, Joanne., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44565-46718
Scope and Contents

This is a note of thanks for a brunch and tour of the Sackner Archive. Joanne Goldfarb accentuated the letter V in her note. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Thank You Thank You / Raphaely, Dorothy., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39340-41290
Scope and Contents

The text is handwritten "thank you" for a tour of the Sackner Archive. The sheet is folded in oragami style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[the 1st of January] / Melnikov-Starquist, Willi., 1997

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Identifier: CC-55947-9999415
Scope and Contents

This is a letter addressed to Mr. Marvin Sackner! " Great thanks for your wonderful catalog!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

the 8 fuh-hi kwa cubed 1969 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57022-10000383
Scope and Contents

Eight varing cube-like forms are arranged on a platform. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Abandonment Complex Book / Ric Haynes., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-57720-59301
Scope and Contents

Thsi work is a pictorial and biographical presentation of a family history from childhood to old age written by Haynes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The Abandonment Complex Book / Ric Haynes., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-57720-59301
Scope and Contents

Thsi work is a pictorial and biographical presentation of a family history from childhood to old age written by Haynes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The Amo Soph Arcane by Jack Hirschman , 1997

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 31858072460045]
Identifier: CC-33584-35237
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[The Angels Anatomy] / Gluschenko, Alexander., 1998

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Identifier: CC-29881-31268
Scope and Contents

Glushchenko writes a synopsis on a book he wrote indicating how humans turned into angels. The verso is a line drawing of a man's face with flowery eyes and lips. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China / Barrass, Gordon S. ; Bing X ; Zedong M., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38859-40784
Scope and Contents

The author describes the calligraphic works and biographies of 25 artists, including Mao Zedong. He classifies them into the following categories: Grand Tradition, Breaking the Mold, Classicists, Modernists, Neo-Classicists, Avant-Garde and Brushmarks of Friendship. This book accompanied an exhibition that was seen by Marvin Sackner at the British Museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Art of the Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel / Bettley, James, editor ; vanderWateren J ; Schwitters K ; Steinitz K ; Crumb R ; Spiegelman A ; Mallarme S ; Broodthaers M ; Apollinaire G ; VanOstaijen P ; Finlay IH ; Garnier I ; Cage J ; Cobbing B ; Delaunay S ; Cendrars B ; Smith P ; Broaddus JE ; Christie J ; King R ; Phillips T ; Morris W ; Lear E ; Carroll L ; Spiegelman A ; Tyson I ; Marinetti FT ; Terentiev I ; Gomringer E ; Fahlstrom O ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Pike J ; Upton L ; Radin B ; Upton L ; Roth D ; Lijn L ; Smith K ; Kaufman M ; Courtney C ; Lorenz A ; Hirst D., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37325-39176
Scope and Contents This book explores the ways in which books represent art and literature, and how the marriage of word and image can create a work of art in its own right. Chapters include the following: Illumination, Bindings, Documentary Manuscripts, Children's Books, Comics, Poetry and Experimental Typography, Book Art and Contemporary Art and Publishing. It also includes a history of the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Several examples of the books depicted in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive. In addition, several of the contemporary artist/poets works are represented in the Archive.Some definitions are of the book/poetry forms are not in the mainstream of classification. For example, Bob Cobbing's abstract sound poetry scores are classified as visual poetry in contrast to the more usual classification of visual poetry along the lines of poesia visiva.Under the citation of the John-Eric Broaddus book, Marvin Sackner's comments about his working methods are...
Dates: 2001

The Art of the Possible: Comics Mainly Without Pictures / Koch, Kenneth ; Lehman D ; Thomson V., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42892-44934
Scope and Contents

This book was published from a manuscript after Koch's death in July 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004