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In this review of Hirschman's life and writing, Marvin Sackner is mentioned as "one of the country's foremost collectors of poetry [who] has amassed hundreds of Hirschman's works, and commissioned others, in essence supporting the artist during that period, in the style of a Renaissance patron." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The nature of the relationship between art, science, medicine and technology the aim of this exhibition, which is illustrated by a selection of portraits of personalities over 300 years eg. Jenner, Curie, Darwin and Einstein. Tom Phillips is representing by a painting of Professor Peter Goddard and preparatory work for the portrait of Professor Susan Greenfield. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The full name of Gego is Gertrud Goldschmidt. "This exhibition traces the complete development of her oeuvre, from early works under the distinct influence of Constructivism to the decisive moment of her rupture with predominant paradigms, and a new sculptural language embodied in metal weaves which evolved towards abiguous forms between the organic and the geometrical." However, the citation on the examples of these weaves states that they were made from paper or cards. It is noteworthy that Sara Sackner made paper and card weaves from 1978-1981 as individual collages and in an artist book entitled "Concrete" which are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was published on the occasion of the two-part exhibition "Dieter Roth - Unique Editions" at Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art and Josee Bienvenu Gallery in New York. It was edited and written by Dirk Dobke. Includes a reproduction of Idea 1960, a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes an illustrated essay on the picture and word art of Malevich by Felix Ingold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was published to coincide with an exhibition of the same title held in Rovereto. The bolted book and pages from Cordial Campari, books held by the Sackner Archive are described and reproduced. In a letter to Marinetti from NYC, Depero write on page 259 "There is no other city... where you can learn to know the Jewish people. My best clients, friends, admirers are Jews... Very patient, very hard-working, persistant to the unbelievable point... They are absolutely sensitive... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Contains photograph of Memoire II, 1989, a large collage held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was also a supplement to the periodical, Signes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Esther Shalev-Gerz conceived of the exhibition and installation Matthew Abess and Marianne Lamonaca edited the catalog, curated the exhibition and contributed essays. Ruth Sackner participated in the personal selection of two prints and participated in the filming of selected interviews. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Except for critical remarks, the pages consist of different typographic renditions of capital 'H's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In this thesis, Hilder provides new concepts and arguments about the genesis of concrete poetry backed up by a serious interpretation and collation of published material. He relies heavily on critical texts in three full length books written in English, Liselotte Gumpel's "Concrete Poetry" from East and West Germany (1976), David Seaman's Concrete Poetry in France (1981) and Caroline Bayard's The New Poetics in Canada and Quebec. All are held by the Sackner Archive.Hilder "argues that the critical gaps in concrete poetry criticism, both contemporaneous and subsequent to the concrete poetry movement, have fallen into (1) the national fallacy: the attempt to read an international movement within a national framework; (2) the ancient fallacy: the attempt to link concrete poetry with visual poetry and word imagery dating back to ancient cultures; (3) the theoretical fallacy: the attempt retrospectively to read onto concrete poetry the post-structuralist theories of language that...

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The catalogue edited by Wendy Kaplan was published for the inaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach. The Sackner Archive lent Sonia Delaunay's "Transsiberien Railway" to the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive holds an artist book by Jean Clareboudt (1944-1997). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.