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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2968 Collections and/or Records:

Lettere-Documento di Artisti Sulla Condizione Attuale del Fare Arte / Carrega, Ugo, editor ; Adamus K ; Baruchello GF ; Binga T ; Blank I ; Crozier R ; D'Ottavi C ; Ferrari V ; Gappmayr H ; Groh K ; Kocman JH ; Landi L ; Mallander J ; Ori L ; Osti M ; Padin C ; Perfetti M ; Pignotti L ; Schmidt SJ ; Valoch J ; Ben ; Zack D., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-17218-17576
Scope and Contents

Forty-nine artists/poets respond in visual/verbal terms to the question "What do you think of the actual situation of art?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

[Lettered Ken Cox Cube] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-55525-6667
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Lettering Arts in the Zapf Tradition / Waters J ; Botts T ; Costello B ; Cusick R ; Deaver G ; Folon ; Homar L ; Kelly J ; Lipcsey E ; Reutersward CF ; Schuldt ; Skarsgard S ; Twombly Ca ; VanStone M ; Waters S ; Williams R ; Zapf H., 1993

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Identifier: CC-45745-47954
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Lettering Arts in the Zapf Tradition / Zapf, Hermann ; Botts T ; Cusick R ; Deaver G ; Folsom R ; Homar L ; Kelly J ; Rueter W ; Skarsgard S ; Twombly C ; VanStone M ; Waters J ; Williams R., 1993

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Identifier: CC-56917-10000281
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Lettering By Modern Artists / Mildred Constantine, curator ; Klee P ; Kriwet F ; Miro J ; Apollinaire G ; Asher E ; Gaul W ; Dubuffet J ; Tobey M ; Leger F ; Alechinsky P ; Picasso P ; Chryssa ; Davis S ; Wilke U ; Steinberg S ; Itten J ; Bayer H ; Valkus J ; Seuphor M ; Schmidt H ; Shahn B ; Smith D ; Johns J., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-28737-30044
Scope and Contents

The cover reproduces a lettered painting by Paul Klee. This copy is the first printing; the duplicate copy is the second printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Lettering Design; Form & Skill in the Design & Use of Letters / Harvey, Micheal., 1975

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Identifier: CC-46454-49183
Scope and Contents This well illustrated book was written by Michael Harvey, the major lettering collaborator of Ian Hamilton Finlay. However, no examples of Finlay's work appear in this book.Wikipedia: Michael Harvey MBE (born 1931, died 18 October 2013) was an English lettering artist, teacher and writer specialising in lettering, type design and letter cutting. His work appears in many English cathedrals and on the National Gallery, London.Originally inspired by reading Eric Gill's Autobiography, he worked as Reynolds Stone's assistant between 1955 and 1961. He then became a freelance, producing some 1500 hand-lettered book jackets over the next twenty years for major publishers such as Heinemann, The Bodley Head and Cambridge University Press. As technology changed he developed his interest in type, producing designs for Adobe Systems and The Monotype Corporation and later, with Andy Benedek for his own foundry, Finefonts. His inscriptional work included a long collaboration with Ian Hamilton...
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Lettering Project: Ship Names and Numbers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Grasby, Richard., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12452-12679
Scope and Contents

Calligraphic examples of names and numbers are provided with comments by Grasby. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letters / Baik, Kum-Nam., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-22571-22997
Dates: 1985
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letters from "The Tombs" / Cartas desde Las Tubas (IV) / Liberman, Ruth., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34889-36600
Scope and Contents

The finely handwritten text can only be read in a few phrases, where the lines are not densely layered. They include diary passages that read, "ready to join the union. Last week he was arrested on 146th street...He plans to learn a trade in prison - to compete with eight million unemployed...Sunday, July 6, 1941." this piece was lent to the Jewish museum in Berlin in 2003. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Collection, Istanbul, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31072-32537
Scope and Contents

This catalogue written by M.Ugar Derman descibes and illustrates the history of Turkish/Ottoman calligraphy from the tenth century including its tools and materials, decoration and uses; the training of calligraphers is also documented. The collection which was seen by the Sackners is the property of a Turkish collector. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Letters Lines Images / Ingmire T ; Jackson D ; Kindersley D ; Kristiansen B ; Kurtz C ; Larcher J ; Moore S ; Wolf A ; Wolf A ; Zapf H., 1990

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Identifier: CC-06993-7130
Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Letters on America: Photographs and Lettering / Fella, Edward., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35550-37290
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is the vernacular language of America discovered and documented by Fella from the landscape of cities, towns and countryside. In addition to the photographs by Fella, several pages are reproduced from calligraphic text from his notebooks. Lewis Blackwell and Lorraine Wild contributed essays and the photographs were edited by Lucy Bates. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Letters to the Great Dead: Mr.J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend / Furnival, John., 1995

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Identifier: CC-56141-9999584
Scope and Contents This work is partially printed and partially hand-colored.The text reads,"Mr. J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend, the Butterfly of Battersea Reach, as to the proportions of mastic to copal in the constitution of Noctournal Sauce" Wikipidia: John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 "“ 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a "remarkable and imaginative painter" known for his city night-scenes and landscapes. His early paintings were signed "JAG," "J. A. Grimshaw," or "John Atkinson Grimshaw," though he finally settled on "Atkinson Grimshaw." Grimshaw's primary influence was the Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he created landscapes of accurate colour, lighting, vivid detail,and realism. He painted landscapes that typified seasons or a type of weather; city and suburban street scenes and moonlit views of the docks in London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow also figured largely in his art. His careful painting and skill in lighting effects meant that he...
Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Lettre Suit, 1993, 1983 - 1991

 Item — Box 164: [Barcode: 31858072458189]
Identifier: CC-00857-876
Scope and Contents

The folded letters were printed in an edition of 650 in 1983-1991 and mailed to the Sackner Archive in separate envelopes by Edition Despalles, the distributor for Atelier des Grames, but the cassette that holds them is made upon request. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993; 1983 - 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / Anik Vinay

Lettres d'Argile / Koraichi, Rachid., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35616-37361
Scope and Contents

This book, titled "Letters of Clay," illustrates and describes the large vessels decorated with Koraichi's signature calligraphic designs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Lettres / Loisy, Jean, editor., 1948

 Item
Identifier: CC-06829-6950
Dates: 1948
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

L'Exile 2nd edition / Massoudy, Hassan ; Seneque ; Colette Lazam, translator., 1995

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Identifier: CC-41458-43443
Scope and Contents

The texts, translated from Latin, were written by the ancient Roman philosopher, Seneque. A colored or black and white calligraphic interpretation is printed on each facing page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

libri / Pavanello, Giancarlo., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-47166-49908
Dates: 1979
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Libriopera 1965 - 1994 / Caruso, Luciano., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-28954-30286
Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Libro di devozioni domestiche, 1987

 Item — Box 286: [Barcode: 31858072460672]
Identifier: CC-20749-21153
Scope and Contents

These collages have the same formatted media presentation but differ in their themes most of which are abstract. However, one of the calligraphic images is modeled after a Futurist Parole In Liberta landscape poem in which large dotted "i's" serve as Roman columns while another depicts an oriental face. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

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