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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2968 Collections and/or Records:

L'Art en Transit, no. 2: Depanne Machine recontre Ben, C'est la vie, 1989

 Item — Box 123: [Barcode: 31858072458098]
Identifier: CC-16094-16437
Scope and Contents

This black box is one "encounter" between an artist and Dépanne Machine, out of a series of six.

Dates: 1989

L'art est une question de nom Propre / Ben., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-23614-24061
Scope and Contents

The message was reproduced from a painting written in white paint on a black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

LC & SP - Love Poem / Caruso, Luciano., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-16779-17134
Scope and Contents

LC refers to Luciano Caruso and SP to Sonia Pucchetti, his wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Le Bestiaire Fabuleux / Lurcat, Jean; La Tour du Pin, Patrice de., 1951

 Item
Identifier: CC-33998-35674
Scope and Contents

The original poems describing fabulous (imaginative) beasts were composed by De La Tour Du Pin. Jean Lucat created 14 illustrations of the beasts that were colored by Edmond Vairel. The calligrames (shaped poems) for each animal that uses the text of the poems with the shape of the animals was done by Jules Dominique Morniroli. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1951

Le Chemin d'un Calligraphe / Massoudy, Hassan ; Sicre, Jean-Pierre ; Michaux H ; Baudelaire C ; Eluard P ; Char R., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-30516-31944
Scope and Contents

This book was edited by Jean-Pierre Sicre whose interview with Hassan Massoudy comprises the text. The rest of the book consists of calligraphic drawings in Arabic of quotes mainly from Arabian and French writers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Le Clés de la Tombe, 1987

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-02208-2248
Scope and Contents

The sculpture consists of 13 interlocking, painted wooden rings which rest upon the book object base. The total number of copies of this book is unknown since the publishers make additional copies on order. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Le Guetteur Melancolique / Apollinaire, Guillaume ; Salmon A., 1952

 Item
Identifier: CC-26399-26868
Scope and Contents

This unnumbered copy includes reproductions of two calligrams by Apollinaire. This copy was owned by Saint-John Pearse and carries his initials near the title page as well as some marginalia. Saint-John Perse (also Saint-Leger Leger;[1] pseudonyms of Alexis Leger) (31 May 1887--20 September 1975) was a French poet-diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the United States until 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

Le Jardin Perdu 1st Ed. / Massoudy, Hassan ; Chedid, Andree., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-30550-31983
Scope and Contents

This book relates the story of Adam and Eve with text by Chedid and calligraphic illustrations by Massoudy. Another copy, held by the Sackner Archive, published the same year as the first edition is designated 4th edition on the title page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Le Jardin Perdu 4th Ed. / Massoudy, Hassan ; Chedid, Andree., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-38120-40013
Scope and Contents

This book relates the story of Adam and Eve with text by Chedid and calligraphic illustrations by Massoudy. This copy, published the same year as the first edition, is designated 4th edition on the title page. It appears identical to the first edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

le nouveau est arrive! , 2008

 Item — Folder 66: [Barcode: 31858072538006]
Identifier: CC-00002-1
Scope and Contents

This is a poster advertising the arrival of Nouveau Beaujolais wine. It was posted in cafes and restaurants in Paris. Rachid Koraichi asked for the poster on the wall for the Sackners during their lunch together with Albert Behar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

le nouveau est arrive / Ben., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-48916-69954
Scope and Contents

This poster was a gift to the Sackners on the request of Rachid Koraichi during lunch in Paris with their grandson Albert Behar. It announces the arrival of the new Beaujolais wine -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Le Quattro Stagioni: Cromopoemi / Cena, Sergio., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-19294-19677
Scope and Contents

Although the edition comprises 50 copies, each consists of unique drawings with slight variations from one set to another. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985