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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

Participacion. No.3/Aug / Clemente Padin, editor ; Heartfeld J., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-38583-40491
Scope and Contents

The theme of this issue is John Heartfeld. It is stored in the box with Padin's publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Pastoral , 1996

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-34977-36694
Scope and Contents

This is a purely textural work in two colors, each letter of the words alternates as green or blue. This serves as a metaphor for the contrast of liberty and death in the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Peace Lesson One, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21814-22225
Scope and Contents

Consists of plastic gun and flowers with typed inscription on card: a) hold the machine gun, b) insert flowers, c) fire. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Peace Medal, 1974

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-03056-3101
Scope and Contents

The artist's answer to "where is the elusive common denominator that will make peace possible?...the word PEACE in virtually every written language." 500 medals were struck in bronze and 50 in gold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Pentacle / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

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Identifier: CC-39466-41422
Scope and Contents

The poems deal with "black power" and discrimination. The accordion is sealed at the ends so that this book forms a book object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Pest Telephone], 2002

 Item — Box 162: [Barcode: 31858072458155]
Identifier: CC-39238-41184
Scope and Contents

The object is a decorated, old, wireless telephone. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Physical Language Laboratory: Stack the Deck. Gift / Leda Black., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33065-34690
Scope and Contents

The cards are Black's contribution to "Stack the Deck: 22 Artists Mark the Cards for Women's Health and Healing." They are the 7 of clubs, 7 of diamonds and the joker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Picabia Series # 1 (Black) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12500-12727
Scope and Contents

Includes the epithats "The French Attache is Paper Mache, Art Press is Part Cress, All that Glitters is not Aryan, Parisians Spoil the French, and The League of Rights Intrigues in Tights." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Picabia Series # 1 (Red) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12499-12726
Scope and Contents

Includes the epithats "The French Attache is Paper Mache, Art Press is Part Cress, All that Glitters is not Aryan, Parisians Spoil the French, and The League of Rights Intrigues in Tights." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Picabia Series # 2 (Black) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12491-12718
Scope and Contents

Includes the epithats, "Don't Put All Your Heads in One Basket, Spare the Blade and Spoil the Factions, and Don't Cast Your Revolutions before Swine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Picabia Series (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12187-12411
Scope and Contents

The listing in Finlay's bibliographies indicates that the series contains three cards but this set has a duplicate, "Spare the Blade..." and is missing "Don't Cast Your Revolution..." On the other hand, another card of lighter stock paper that reproduces a comment on the verso of the cards is not cited in the bibliographies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Picabia Series # 2 (Red) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12492-12719
Scope and Contents

Includes the epithats, "Don't Put All Your Heads in One Basket, Spare the Blade and Spoil the Factions, and Don't Cast Your Revolutions before Swine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain / Ellen J. Landis, curator ; Picasso P ; Torres-Garcia J ; Jeffett W ; Stein G ; Miro J ; Rabascall J ; Miralda A ; Gris J ; Dali S ; Arp J ; Hausmann R ; Jean M ; Tapies A ; Saura A ; Equipo Cronica ; Grup De Treball ; Muntadas A ; Pazos C ; Plensa J., 2005 - 2006

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Identifier: CC-53617-291344
Scope and Contents

William Jeffett contributed a lenghy, enlightening essay entitled "Avant-Garde and Moderization" to this catalogue. Marvin Sackner was a co-speaker with Jeffett at the symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition," Tour de France/Florida" at the Frost Museum in January 2012 and Jeffetts donated this catalogue to the Sackner Archive. Of note is a photograph of Joan Rabascall's sculpture "Monument to Televison (1992) on page 80 of the essay. The Sackners agreed to lend this sculpture to the exhiibition but their professional art movers deemed it too fragile to travel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005 - 2006