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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3466 Collections and/or Records:

The Marcia and John Goin Ernest Hemingway Collection / Joseph the Provider., 1992

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Identifier: CC-08267-8429
Scope and Contents

John Goin provides an introductory essay on how he and his wife became Hemingway collectors during their training periods as physicians, the pleasures of rooting out rare items, meeting other collectors world wide, and finally selling the collection. Goin gives the reason for the sale as "Since there can be no such thing as a 'complete' Hemingway collection, we have chosen to stop now." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Multi-Dimensional Jew / Moss, David., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51706-72806
Scope and Contents

Moss describes his quest to create a model institution to learn about and experience Judaism. This print is a visual representation of six questions that envision the model for this project: What is behind me? What surrounds me? What is within me? What is above me? Whom do I face? What is ahead of me?"Moss has also created a three dimensional model as a structure for a future project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings / Albert, Neale M. ; Ely T ; Tarlau JO ; Allix S ; Charriere G ; Sobota J ; Smith P ; Sellars D ; D'Ambrosio J ; Glaister D ; Juvelis P., 2006

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Identifier: CC-62665-48794
Scope and Contents

The 762 color photographs taken by Tom Grill depict 250 miniature books in designer bindings. Each book is illustrated in its actual size and is represented by several photos. The bindings are a catalogue of Neale Albert's collection that was exhibited at The Grolier Club. There is a preface by Albert and an essay by Priscilla Juvelis. This book was designed by Joe Marc Freedman at The Sarabande Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The New National Theatre is yours / Phillips, Tom., 1977

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Identifier: CC-46259-48980
Scope and Contents

The content of the image is mainly taken from pages of A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The New Order / Worthington, Greville; Cutts S; Finlay IH; Fulton H; Clark TA; Weiner L; Holzer J; Nannucci M., 1995

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Identifier: CC-00638-653
Scope and Contents

Essay about home in Yorkshire of archivist and Finlay dealer, Greville Worthington. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Nomads: Winter Souvenir / Nomads, The ; Arts A ; Hainke W ; Henricks N ; Monro N ; Olbrich JO ; Poier G ; Richard AM ; Schnyder A ; Stirnemann MV ; Tivy S., 1988

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Identifier: CC-26894-27366
Scope and Contents

Volume 1 is made up of pages created by cutting up newspapers; Volume 2 consists mainly of photographic documentation of performance pieces during a tour. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

The Notebooks / Rothenberg, Jerome ; Meltzer D ; Celan P., 1976

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Identifier: CC-31527-33020
Scope and Contents

This book predates and includes thoughts and notes that were included in "Big Jewish Book." of 1978, also held by the Sackner Archive. The covers, end papers, and text graphics are reprinted from angelic and planetary seals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Oxygen of Truth [volume 1] / Gaze,Tim ; Leftwich J ; Michaux H ; Dotremont C ; Vleeskens C., 2001

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Identifier: CC-39423-41375
Scope and Contents

Gaze explains in his introduction that his texts are improvised asemic texts which means no semantic content. Composed of writings from other languages and made up works by the artist, they incorporate writing and an infra-verbal level. Gaze notes that asemic texts have no writer-intended meaning. "If you the viewer perceive a meaning, you've created that meaning yourself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Oxygen of Truth [volume 2] / Gaze,Tim ; Leftwich J., 2001

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Identifier: CC-39424-41376
Scope and Contents

Artists response to Gaze's work is published as part of "A Symposium Emerging from Tim Gaze" is added as an afterward. It was organized by JIm Leftwich and probably wholly written by Leftwich for the "Institute for Study and Application at Kohoutenberg." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Pencil Monologues / Maggi, Marco., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35886-37647
Scope and Contents

The works are mainly dense, pencil drawings on aluminum foil that relate to micrography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Picasso Gaglione Rubber Stamp Box Sets / Gaglione, Bill (aka Picasso Gaglione); Domel, Darlene., 2009

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Identifier: CC-51585-72684
Scope and Contents

This tract deals with Gaglione's making of the rubber stamp sets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

The Piccadillies / Roth, Dieter ; Ackerman M ; Mayer HJ ; Phillips T., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44499-46649
Scope and Contents

All the images in this book were based upon a postcard from the collection of Rita Donagh (Richard Hamilton's wife). A postcard that it similar but with slight differences was used by Tom Phillips in hia book "The Postcard Century" to open the 1974 section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006