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Micrography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 143 Collections and/or Records:

BOAS Splitting of the Sea, 1990

 Item — Folder 34: [Barcode: 31858072459930]
Identifier: CC-24027-24477
Scope and Contents

The entire text of the Book of Exodus from the Old Testament is written in Hebrew creating a picture of the Red Sea parting and the Israelites passing through. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Calligraphy: Hebrew Lettering / Avrin, Leila ; Ophir, Noah., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-26882-27354
Scope and Contents

This book presents samples of classic historical Hebrew texts and scripts designed in the 20th century based on traditional scribal hands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Citron / Dautricourt, Joelle., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-15956-16291
Scope and Contents

The ribbon around the bag is yellow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

[Cursive Hebrew] / El Hanani, Jacob., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-36006-37776
Scope and Contents

This is a photographic detail of a drawing held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

De imitatione ...1977 / Fallini, Mario., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-48569-69600
Scope and Contents

The two translucent pages are details of Fallini's micrographic writing of Umberto Eco's "Il nome della rosa." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

DeCordova Annual Exhibition, The 1999 / Barry B., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33137-34763
Scope and Contents

Bruce Barry presents ceramic work in this group exhibition in which handwritten text and sculptural form are combined. The micrographic texts are the artist's personal observations and diaries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

die uhr der Tod das Buch / Fahrner, Barbara., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-11176-11391
Scope and Contents

Includes 12 hand-composed pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Drawings / El Hanani, Jacob ; Danto A., 2015

 Item
Identifier: CC-60492-10003399
Scope and Contents

Arthur Danto contributes an essay titled "Small Wonders " that he wrote in 2006 and is published for the first time in this catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

Dream Chamber and About Roaratorio / Cage, John ; Etrog, Sorel ; O'Driscoll, Robert ; Joyce J., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-16648-17002
Scope and Contents

This copy is from the unsigned, unnumbered edition. The "Dream Chamber," a section of this book is an experimental, typographic tour de force by Sorel Etrog. The Sackner Archive holds a separate copy of the "Dream Chamber" that was published by Exile Editions in 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Dream Chamber / Etrog, Sorel ; Joyce J., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-39024-40962
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a another copy of the "Dream Chamber" that was combined with John Cage's "About Roaratorio" published in 1982. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Entrance to the Scriptorium: Contemporary Illuminated Manuscripts and Paintings / Maisner, Bernard ; Ashton D., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33604-35258
Scope and Contents

A book lent by the Sackner Archive, "Desire," is depicted on facing pages 26 and 27. This catalogue includes a critical essay by Dore Ashton and an interview conducted by curator Terence Dempsey with Bernard Maisner in which Maisner states that he loves "the joining of the written word and the visual image in art. Language activates one part of the brain, painting another. the two together are a powerful one, a powerful combination requiring a very receptive viewer." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999