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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5468 Collections and/or Records:

Happy New Year / Frederick, Helen; Freeman B., 1992

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Identifier: CC-40012-41979
Scope and Contents

The card was printed by Brad Freeman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Hardy Annual, Anthology / Hansjorg Mayer, editor ; Mayer HJ ; Roth D., 1969

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Identifier: CC-27278-27839
Scope and Contents

The book was produced at Watford School of Art between May 1968 and May 1969. It was designed in the tradition of Hansjorg Mayer for his Dieter Roth publications. Dieter Roth is not mentioned in this work but he was a teacher at Watford during this period and probably influenced the production of this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Harpglyph / Jack A. Hirschman; I Singer., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09199-9380
Scope and Contents

This sculpture shaped like a harp is a homage to the writer Isaac B. Singer whom Hirschman knew personally. Hirschman in a letter to the Sackners stated "since its total shape is like a Futurist version of a Mayan glyph, I've used Mayan motifs throughout; you'll also notice Yiddish letters scattered here and there." This imagery is not far fetched since an Englishman named Kingborough in the 19th century wrote two volumes to prove that Mayans were one of the 10 lost tribes, a theory unaccepted by most scholars. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Hashkiveinu / Moss, David., 2012

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Identifier: CC-54687-393847
Scope and Contents

David Moss writes, "Cause us to lie down in peace...The Talmud says that sleep is one-sixtieth of death and dreams are one-sixtieth of prophecy. It is not surprising, therefore, that as night falls we pray this beautiful prayer in the evening service for peaceful rest, for wisdom, for protection, for guarding, for compassion and life...This work brings together two very real objects from my life - a quilt and a bed - and celebrates that moment when night falls, when a smidgen of death and a touch of prophecy approach, and objects dreamily begin to recite their tales." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Having a Say... / Dellafiora, David, editor., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44866-47038
Scope and Contents

This book is the result of contributions by young students in Dellafiora's class. This copy has a green cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Having a Say... / Dellafiora, David, editor., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44867-47039
Scope and Contents

This book is the result of contributions by young students in Dellafiora's class. This copy has a red cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Hazardous Waste / Neaderland, Louise Odes., 1996

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Identifier: CC-05735-5843
Scope and Contents

The text and images search for a solution to the AIDS epidemic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Head Paintings / Fones, Robert., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29487-30852
Scope and Contents

All of the illustrations in this book are reproduced from a series of paintings on canvas with the same stylized image of a face with two, three dimensional, sockets for eyes, and a drawer-like rendering of a mouth. Each painting is explained by Fones with a facing text. A single picture entitled, "First Word," has the letter 'D' in one eye socket, 'A' in the other, and 'D A' in the mouth slot. Fones explains, "The colours of the letter forms were taken from the water in Giotto's "The Miracle of the Spring," a painting from his Franciscan Cycle at Assisi. The grey colour of the head is taken from the rock surrounding the spring. In spoken language, the breath stream, as it is called, is modified or sopped by teeth, tongue, lips, and vocal cords. Similarly, these letter forms are continuous extrusions, shaped by the skeletal form of the two letters.This book is one of fifty copies bound by Michael Torosian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Head Second / levy, d.a.; Crews, Judson., 1965

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Identifier: CC-51257-72345
Scope and Contents

d.a. levy contributed six abstract drawings and Judson Crews wrote the poems in this publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Heads And Bodies / Hocks, Paula., 1978

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Identifier: CC-45807-48017
Scope and Contents

This book consists of reproductions of collages of dealing with juxtaposed heads or bodies. There are occasional printed or written captions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978