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Lettrisme

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 846 Collections and/or Records:

Les Silences de "Ville D'Avray", 1987

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-06813-6934
Scope and Contents

The artist died in 2011 or 2012 but her obituary has not been posted on the iinternet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Letrizem, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-37094-38936
Scope and Contents

Francesco Conz contributes an afterward "Lettrisme: The Forgotten Avant Garde." Roland Sabatier wrote about Isou's novel "Initiation a la Haute Volupte" (Initiation inot High Sensual Pleasure) and also contributed an essay "Poetry and Music:From Lettrisme to Excordism through Aphonism and the Infinitesimal." The fabric prints of Isou published by Conz, that are reproduced in this book, are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[Letter to Angelo Merante] / Curtay, Jean-Paul., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-17856-18226
Scope and Contents

Requests Merante to submit works for the Franklin Furnace exhibition of Lettrisme. *WEB 1998. Angelo Merante [Email]merante@bio.uniroma3.it. Annotation I found in this field MERENTE instead of MERANTE. Sackner: corrected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

[Letter to Berkelite] / Curtay, Jean-Paul., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-17850-18220
Scope and Contents

Describes personal financial problems encountered with the University of Iowa's Lettrisme exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Letter to Gail Zlatnik] / Curtay, Jean-Paul; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-17831-18201
Scope and Contents

Discusses revisions for the Lettrist exhibition at the University of Iowa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Broutin, Gerard-Philippe; Isou I., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-23679-24126
Scope and Contents

Mentions that Isou has written Principes de Chimie. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Brown, Jean; Lemaitre M., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-23676-24123
Scope and Contents

Agrees with Curtay's assessment of her as a competitive collector. Mentions that she is disappointed by the tone of a letter written to her by Lemaitre's sister. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Ferrua, Pietro; Bertozzi GA., 1982

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Identifier: CC-10830-11040
Scope and Contents

Discusses Lettrist activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Lemaitre, Maurice; Chopin H; Seaman D; Ferrua P., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-07177-7318
Scope and Contents

In this document, Lemaitre expresses unhappiness with Chopin's chapter in the exhibition catalogue of University of Iowa's exhibition on Lettrism. This is stored with Curtay's materials. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Sabatier, Roland; Isou I., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-02299-2339
Scope and Contents

Reminds Curtay of a literary contribution which is past due. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Sabatier, Roland; Isou I., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-02302-2342
Scope and Contents

Discusses sound poetry and body music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Zlatnik, Gail; Foster S., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-00062-61
Scope and Contents

Includes suggestions for revisions of Curtay's essay for publication in the catalog for the University of Iowa's exhibition of Lettrisme. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Letter to Roland Sabatier] / Curtay, Jean-Paul; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-17852-18222
Scope and Contents

Discusses loans for the Franklin Furnace exhibition on Lettrisme and mentions works that he will request from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin Sackner] / Dupont, Albert., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-15941-16276
Scope and Contents

This letter thanksg them for selling two drawings for him. By handwiting with heavy pressure on the verso side, Dupont created an embossed appearance on the colored recto side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin Sackner] / Satie, Alain., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02734-2777
Scope and Contents

Mentions that he has sent the book that the Sackners requested and includes a small ink drawing on the bottom half of the letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Letterism: The Continuing Avant-Garde / Isou I ; Satie A ; Sabatier R ; Devaux F ; Broutin GP., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-06819-6940
Scope and Contents

In one copy, there is a letter enclosed from Scott Helmes to the Sackners mentioning that he didn't get to see much of the show because the gallery didn't open on time. There is also a newspaper clipping of a review by Alan Artner, the art critic of the Chicago Tribune. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989