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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:

The Chaldean Inscription / Schafer, R. Murray., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-38641-40550
Scope and Contents This book was published both by Arcana Editions and Underwhich Editions and they appear to be identical. The first page begins with the sentence, "I am all that is all that has been all that shall be and none may lift my veil." With each successive page, Chaldean letters are substituted for the English text until by the last page, the sentence is printed completely in the "Chaldean" language. This book is an excellent example of experiental calligraphy.Using a WEB search, the following information about Chaldeans was gleaned. The name Chaldean (pronounces Kal-de'an) stems from one of the ancient groups which inhabited the land presently known as Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.' An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Many tribes desired this Fertile Crescent. Since the time of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, it has been a land of many firsts and...
Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

The Chaldean Inscription / Schafer, R. Murray., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-38642-40551
Scope and Contents This book was published both by Arcana Editions and Underwhich Editions and they appear to be identical. The first page begins with the sentence, "I am all that is all that has been all that shall be and none may lift my veil." With each successive page, Chaldean letters are substituted for the English text until by the last page, the sentence is printed completely in the "Chaldean" language. Thia book is an excellent example of experimental calligraphy.Using a WEB search, the following information about Chaldeans was gleaned. The name Chaldean (pronounces Kal-de'an) stems from one of the ancient groups which inhabited the land presently known as Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.' An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Many tribes desired this Fertile Crescent. Since the time of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, it has been a land of many firsts and...
Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

The Garden / Astrid Furnival., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12344-12570
Scope and Contents

The text is based upon the poem "The Garden" by Andrew Marvell, in which Furnival interprets the lines as garden rows. The colors of the wool were hand dyed from natural herbs and plants in her garden. The words are knitted on the tapestry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

The Garden / Astrid Furnival., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12344-12570
Scope and Contents

The text is based upon the poem "The Garden" by Andrew Marvell, in which Furnival interprets the lines as garden rows. The colors of the wool were hand dyed from natural herbs and plants in her garden. The words are knitted on the tapestry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on black], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19932-20320
Scope and Contents

The background color of this print is black; the text is the same on all the prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on brown], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19940-20328
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is orange, the background brown and the border is purple. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all the prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on dark gray], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19942-20330
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is purple, the background dark gray and the border is black. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on dark green], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19936-20324
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is yellow, the background dark green and the border is purple. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on gray], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19934-20322
Original Sackner Archive Location

The background color of this print is grey; the text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on green], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19937-20325
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is yellow, the background green and the border is black. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on light green/purple], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19938-20326
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is yellow, the background light green and border is purple. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on light green/white], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19939-20327
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is dark green; the background light green and border is white. Presumably, the background color is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on orange], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19941-20329
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is black, the background orange and the border is white. Presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., on yellow], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19943-20331
Scope and Contents

The print is stamped ARTEXT. The color of the text is green, the background yellow and the border white. presumably, the color schema is unique. The text is the same on all prints with this title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

[The Individual Artist's Arrogation..., photo negative], 1980

 Item — Folder 33: [Barcode: 31858072459922]
Identifier: CC-19945-20333
Scope and Contents

This negative was used to print a suite of prints that are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Kenneth Coutts-Smith

The Next Door, Please / Calleja, J.M.., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-44418-46567
Dates: 2004
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

The Sound in My Life / Phillips, Tom., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-46254-48975
Scope and Contents

This is a beatufully attractive concrete poetic/language art print as a classic Phillikps stecilled work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986
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

This sentence is in French, 1988

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-10682-10891
Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Time on His Hands / Salvest, John ; Levin K., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-48322-69347
Scope and Contents

Salvest's artworks are reminiscent to those of Tom Friedman. Kim Levin contributed the introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999
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

TORE / Segay, Serge., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-61621-10004082
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
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

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