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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5469 Collections and/or Records:

the eschenau summer press & temporary travelling press publi: Tutto. No.44 / Herman de Vries., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33844-35513
Scope and Contents

Each photograph depicts rings made in water when a stone is thrown into the water. The poetic description of such an event by Leonardo Da Vinci is printed on the inside back cover of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Favorite Word In His Vocabulary Is Undermine / Wallach, Amei; Conner B; Boswell P., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35034-36755
Scope and Contents

This review mentions Peter Boswell who curated the exhibition and contributed to the exhibition catalogue. The latter is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Ferlinghetti Arcane / Hirschman, Jack A. ; Ferlinghetti L ; Brewton J ; Ginsberg A., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52879-74017
Scope and Contents

This poem by Hirschman describes the life and contributions of Lawrence Ferlingetti, the founder of City Lights Bookstore on his 91st year. Ferlinghetti contributed a illustrative self-portrait and Johnny Brewton did the design and letterpress. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

The Ferlinghetti Arcane / Hirschman, Jack A. ; Ferlinghetti L ; Brewton J ; Ginsberg A., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52880-74018
Scope and Contents

This poem by Hirschman describes the life and contributions of Lawrence Ferlingetti, the founder of City Lights Bookstore on his 91st year. Ferlinghetti contributed a illustrative self-portrait and Johnny Brewton did the design and letterpress. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

The Fifity Year Sword / Danielewski, Mark Z.., 2012

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Identifier: CC-55530-7779
Scope and Contents Dispersed throughout the textual pages are 68 reproduction pages of stitched and/or pricked pages. In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller's tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.Alan Cheuse Dallas Morning News review: This is A seriously experimental confection of modern horror literature. . . . Composed mostly of dialogue, some attributed to various speakers, some not, some near-abstract drawings of needlework constructions, and a lot of white space"”all wrapped in the pages of a very classy piece of book production"”The Fifty Year Sword might be the oddest book of the year. In certain ways, it might be the most interesting and enjoyable. . . . I imagine people...
Dates: 2012

The Final Resting Place of the 10,000 Names of the Buddha / Wagner, D.r., editor ; Collom J ; Simon J ; bissett b ; Deutsch J ; Krech R ; Montgomery G ; Cornillon J ; Grolmes B ; levy da ; Wyatt B ; Wagner Dr., 1970

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Identifier: CC-49237-70279
Scope and Contents

This issue of Rucible Spoon is dedicated by D.r. Wagner to d.a. levy and Bill Wyatt, my brothers in eternity, Gate Gate Para Gate Para Sum Gate Bodhi Shiva! This title is also with minor differences a drawing by d.a. levy that is held by the Sackner Archive. The drawings in this book were done by D.r. Wagner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

The Forgetting Room / Bantock, Nick., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30626-32066
Scope and Contents

Bantock, author of the Griffen & Sabine trilogy, tells the story of the protagonist creating a collage-painting while rediscovering his grandfather's artistic influences. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse / Burroughs, William S.., 1984

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Identifier: CC-22380-22803
Scope and Contents

Speech delivered 1980 at the occasion of the Institute of Ecotechnics' "1980 Planet Earth Conference" in Aix-en-Provence. Book was illustrated by Christof Kohlhofer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Four Musicians of Breman / Farrell, Patricia., 1996

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Identifier: CC-45117-47297
Scope and Contents

The poem appears to be a telling of a dream accompanied by semi-realistic/abstract illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996