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Correspondence art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1841 Collections and/or Records:

[Letter to John Pyros] / Craigie, Peter M.., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-16527-16880
Scope and Contents

Text relates to Mail Art by exhibition written on verso of exhibition announcement of Craigie's paintings, assemblages & reliefs at McCoy Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

[Letter to John Pyros] / Craigie, Peter M.., 1984

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Identifier: CC-17984-18354
Scope and Contents

Discusses selling books at bookfair and laments time taken away from creative art process to do framing, matting, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Letter to John Pyros] / Petasz, Pawel; Padin C; Caraballo J., 1987

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Identifier: CC-04206-4285
Scope and Contents

Petasz discusses shortcomings of Commonpress issue edited by Pyros and asks him to send issues to several collectors including Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

[Letter to John Pyros] / Zack, David., 1984

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Identifier: CC-00022-21
Scope and Contents

Zack describes his reaction to the 'Homage to the Mad Diarist' exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Letter to John & Wendy Sharkey (090964) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cameron C; Schwitters K; Weaver M; Carroll L; Yevtushenko Y; Creeley R; Furnival A; Furnival J., 1964

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Identifier: CC-55555-9999184
Scope and Contents

This piece is a tour de force of letter writing that includes several of Houedard's poems, most typed earlier as separate poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael., 1996

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Identifier: CC-58379-10001595
Scope and Contents

Lumb discusses hos trip to Tunis and Poland and his master's thesis in mail art. The theme of the artist booklet and the broadsides the "shrine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael., 1998

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Identifier: CC-58380-10001596
Scope and Contents

Lumb discusses the successful exhibition he curated in Warsaw," bookarts in britaim." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael; Crozier R., 1997

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Identifier: CC-58378-10001594
Scope and Contents

Lumb discusses hos trip to Tunis and Poland and his master's thesis in mail art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin], 1990

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-16575-16928
Scope and Contents

Object consists of pant's pocket mounted on cardboard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)] / Furnival, John., 1991

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13278-13579
Scope and Contents

The letter has a large watercolor of the plant, Pulmonaria Officinalis - Lungwort dominating the left half recto of the letter. Furnival describes the reason for the name of this plant and also a visit to Russia and the Ukraine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Letter To Sackners / Patti, Enzo., 1989

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Identifier: CC-03823-3896
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sackners written in Patti's unique hieroglyphics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[Letter to Wally Depew and Linda Bandt] / Forney, Darrell., 1995

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Identifier: CC-58151-10001404
Scope and Contents

The letter describes Forney's recent activities. Stored in Depew box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Lettere Autografiche / Diotallevi, Marcello ; Restany P., 1988

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Identifier: CC-15360-15684
Scope and Contents

This is a catalog of a project done in 1982, "Lettere al Mitante." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Letters / Echevarria Myers, Jo-Anne ; Johnson R., 1982

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Identifier: CC-14306-14614
Scope and Contents

The cover is an actual canvas addressed, stamped and mailed to Heather Taylor from Echevarria Myers. The pages are reproductions of other canvases addressed to artists and museums requesting the receivers to return the work to Echevarria-Myers, the sender. The author was divorced from John Weber, the art dealer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982