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Surrealism

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:

Edition Ubu / Ann Mandelbaum., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-41626-43616
Scope and Contents

The image on the card appears to be an anus with hairs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Edition Ubu: Photographs & Drawings from the 1930's. / Hans Bellmer., 1999

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Identifier: CC-36021-37791
Scope and Contents

The cards contain reproductions of puppets from the maquets for Les jeux de la poupee c.1938. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Edition Ubu: Photographs & Drawings. No.1 / Hans Bellmer ; Boxer E., 1995

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Identifier: CC-24066-24518
Scope and Contents

The gallery announcement is collaged with a doll's arm that might be missing from the photograph of a poupee on the verso. The card was designed by Eileen Boxer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Encylopaedia Acephalica / Bataille, Georges, editor ; Desnos R ; Leiris M ; Lebel JJ ; Masson A ; Isou I., 1995

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Identifier: CC-33173-34801
Scope and Contents

This is number three in the Arkhive series of documents of the avant-garde. It consists of three sets of reprinted texts written by writers associated with Georges Bataille, some of whom were members of his Acephale group and others were members of Surrealist groups in Paris and New York. What unites these texts is their form, which derives from that of dictionaries or encyclopaedias. The content of "Critical Dictionary" has several anti-religious themes as well as absurd texts with accompanying illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Entrails / Gauvreau, Claude ; Ray Ellenwood, translator., 1981

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Identifier: CC-52224-73346
Scope and Contents Google review: Born in Montreal, Gauvreau attended the College Ste-Marie, then studied philosophy at the Universite de Montreal. He made his literary debut at the age of thirteen, when he wrote and produced a play, Ma vacation. During the forties he became friendly with the painter Paul-Emile Borduas, through whom he acquainted himself with Dadaism, Surrealism, Automatism, and the artists, journalists, and essayists who gravitated towards this important figure of the Montreal artistic community. These associations were to have a lasting effect on Gauvreau's aesthetic choices and his personal growth as a writer. He not only co-signed Borduas's famous manifesto, Refus global, but also articulated the theoretical aspects of Automatism for the general public. A constant defender of modern art after 1948, he never hesitated to engage in polemics, against both conservative art critics and ecclesiastical authorities (who looked upon non-figurative painting as an attack against the...
Dates: 1981

Epic Poem / Jackman, Sandra., 1985

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Identifier: CC-08334-8498
Scope and Contents

There is no title page to this book that indicates its title. A great deal of the calligraphy has been generated with pseudo-Japanese-ideographic characters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

EVERYTHING / Depew, Wally., 2000

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Identifier: CC-53219-74371
Scope and Contents

This story is about a surrealistic train ride. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Exodus / Burgo., 1990

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Identifier: CC-42845-44885
Scope and Contents

The paintings in this catalogue are metaphysical. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Experioddicist, The. No.0/Feb / Darrel L. Pritchard., 1993

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Identifier: CC-13492-13795
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jake Berry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Experioddicist, The: Pod King. No.5/Jun / John M. Bennett., 1994

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Identifier: CC-13521-13824
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jake Berry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

ExpLosition 1 / Nadau JP., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48222-69246
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive is mentioned on the Jean-Pierre Nadau page in this catalogue as having his work "Paris Big Bang." NadaU states that this piece is the masterpiece of this celebrated collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008