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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3452 Collections and/or Records:

Battle of Midway / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12106-12330
Scope and Contents

The bee symbol in this drawing suggests the sea (bee) and hive symbolizing the aircraft carriers. The text is written in old English characters. This drawing served as preparatory drawings for a subsequently realized print that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Battle of Midway / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1976

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Identifier: CC-57798-10001051
Scope and Contents

Finlay writes about the World War II Battle of Midway4 June 1942 in poetic terms, viz., ...the great sea hives/consumed with their choicest swarms by their own flaming honey. The bee symbol is used to suggest the sea (bee) and hive symbolizing the aircraft carriers. The text is hand written and served as preparatory texts for a subsequently realized print that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Beat Culture and the New America: 1959-1965 / Ginsberg A ; Berman W ; Herms G ; Perkoff S ; Connor B ; Hedrick W ; Ferlinghetti L ; Jess ; McClure M ; Patchen K ; Norse H ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B ; Corso G ; Joans T ; Dine J ; Rauschenberg R ; Rivers L ; Schneeman C ; Kerouac J., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27244-27740
Scope and Contents

The Beat Movement,which started in the 1940's with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, also included other avant garde poets, writers, filmmakers and visual artists on the East and West coasts.This book served as the catalogue for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art which was curated by Lisa Phillips. It contains nine essays by art, film and cultural historians, a detailed chronology of the Beat mmovement and a bibliography, Contributors include Lisa Phillips, Allen Ginsberg, Edward Sanders and Rebecca Solnit. It is heavily documented with photographs of the group. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Beauty in Breathing Visitors' Book, The, 1992

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Identifier: CC-24053-24503
Scope and Contents

The viewers of The Beauty in Breathing exhibition, curated by Marvin Sackner for the ATS/ALA meeting, wrote interesting and relevant remarks after viewing the works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Bee/Boat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35365-37099
Scope and Contents

The same poem from Virgil, "Georgics iv," is applied to both bees and boats; the poem reads, -- They lightly skim, And gently sip the dimply river's brim. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Benedicta. No.7/Sum / Reinhold Aman, editor., 1986

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Identifier: CC-21431-21842
Scope and Contents

Edited by Reinhold Aman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Benefit Fund to Aid Frances Horovitz / Anonymous., 1983

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Identifier: CC-27206-27683
Scope and Contents

Notes that Frances who is ill with cancer had been married to the poet Michael Horovitz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Bentlow Stairs / Cunnius, Ed; Kinsella, Elnor; Kirchman, Susan; Stacell, Alan., 1992

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Identifier: CC-28166-29329
Scope and Contents

This provides selected images from a hypertext production shown at a symposium on reading held at the Getty and attended by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Berkeley Horse, The: Ruth. No.43/Jan / bp Nichol ; McCaffery S., 1993

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Identifier: CC-23600-24047
Scope and Contents

Produced by David UU. This poem was first published as Luv 5, in 1967 by Fleye Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar, 1982

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Identifier: CC-04166-4245
Scope and Contents

The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pitttore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar, 1982

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Identifier: CC-44597-46756
Scope and Contents

The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pittore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Bern Porter / Saunders, Robert., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02400-2440
Scope and Contents

Saunders indicates on verso that photograph was taken at "Institute of Advanced Thinking." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Between Poetry and Painting Chronology / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Bense M., 1965

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Identifier: CC-09089-9268
Scope and Contents

Handwritten corrections and additions were made by Max Bense. Stored together with other Archival materials for this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965