Skip to main content

Letter picture

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1208 Collections and/or Records:

Nce... / Books, Jennifer., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30938-32393
Scope and Contents

This typography is highly stylized and difficult to read. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Nine Prints Exhibited in Live in Your Head Exhibition / Cobbing, Bob., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35074-36802
Scope and Contents

The catalogue of the exhibition, for which these prints that were originally made in the period 1965 -1975, is also held by the Sackner Archive. The prints probably were a small edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Nominator/Demonimator / curry, jw., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30940-32395
Scope and Contents

The clear acetate prints depict stylized overlay versions of the letter 'H' and are reminiscent of the letter pictures made by bp Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[nononox], 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49173-70213
Scope and Contents OUT IS IN was a review written by N.F. Karlins for ArtNet on the internet: "Good news! The Outsider Art Fair, Jan. 9-11, 2009, generated positive buzz and good sales in its 17th annual outing. My other favorite new artist is very much alive and producing new works like mad. This remarkable young man, Andrew Blythe of New Zealand, makes drawings mostly in black and white acrylic. The Stuart Shepherd Gallery had several beauties, including one using "x" and "No" as repeated motifs. Blythe's sophisticated, syncopated patterns are complex and totally satisfying. His layering of paint made me think of Franz Kline with his remarkable interweaving of white and black that leave the viewer unable to tease out which was put down first. Blythe's drawings were priced from $900 to $1,200, which I consider incredibly cheap." The drawing mentioned by Karlins was purchased by the Sackners. A detail is reproduced in Blythe's exhibition catalogue, also held by the Sackner Archive. This work can also...
Dates: 2009

[Not of K athw] / Evason, Greg., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-13852-14157
Scope and Contents

The pages reproduce quick sketches of figurative, surrealistic images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Notes on Being Daniel f. Bradley: Fun Times / Bradley, Daniel f.., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-23146-23584
Scope and Contents

Each page has a calligraphic line drawing involving variations on the letter "f" related to a typed caption beginning with the letter "f" above it, e.g. "as facet, as fake, as fanfare, as fantasia, as fastback, as fauvist, as fear, as fetish, etc." The style is reminiscent of Dieter Roth's speedy drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Numerator/Denominator / curry, jw., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-20764-21169
Scope and Contents

This book done as a palimpset on variations of the letters "I" & "H" was probably influenced by bp Nichol's experimental letter pictures. A written note on the cover to curry himself from his pseudonym, Mrs. Amuseus, states "nice effect, John, but you've failed to take into account the inadequacies of your materials. Conceptually strong but physically lacking." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987