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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5479 Collections and/or Records:

Wonders of Obligation / Fisher, Roy ; Furnival, John., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-55256-9999018
Scope and Contents

Stored in Furnival box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Word Dust / Beamer, Billy Bob., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51662-72762
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a reproduction of a single drawing by Beamer. The Sackner Archive holds two original drawings by Beamer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

word forms and language shapes 1975 - 2007, 2007

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Identifier: CC-51007-72086
Scope and Contents This is the catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of Boshoff's work. Boshoff writes that his inspiration for concrete poetry was his passion for crossword puzzles. Boshoff writes (page 23) in an lengthy biographical interview with Warren Siebrits the following: In early 1996, I visited the book artist Robbin Silverberg taking with me a silkscreen print of a poem from KYKAFRICAANS to thank her for the hospitality and kindness she showed me. She didn't seem to like it very much, and suggested we take it to show to the artist book dealer Toni Zwicker.Toni was already quite elderly, but it was amazing to see how excited she became about this work from KYKAFRICAANs that I has made 15 years earlier. As it happened, the great American collector, Marvin Sackner, from Miami, visited Toni's home while we were there. He became so enthusiastic that he decided on the spot to buy the original manuscript of the 99 A4 typed pages that constitute KYKAFRICAANS, and invited us to go and visit him...
Dates: 2007

WORDS 3 / Depew, Wally., 1985

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Identifier: CC-15167-15488
Scope and Contents

Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

WORDS 4 / Depew, Wally., 1985

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Identifier: CC-15244-15566
Scope and Contents

Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Words and Images: A Persistent Paradox / Bowman, Russell; Johns J; Ruscha E; Wiley WT; Nauman B., 1985

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Identifier: CC-22436-22860
Scope and Contents

Bowman reviews contemporary use of words in conjunction with visual art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Work In Progress on Bridge Piers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet; Berman, Brenda., 1990

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Identifier: CC-12210-12434
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a color photograph on its verso of a calligraphically carved stone sculpture being sited near a bridge in Glasgow and a photographic reproduction of an abstract expressionist painting by Vladimit Kokolia on its recto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Work of the 1990's / Marden, Brice., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33679-35339
Scope and Contents

Marden's paintings, drawings and prints in the 1990's were influenced by Chinese calligraphy and the Greek muses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Working Legs: A Play for People Without Them, 1997

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Identifier: CC-42819-44859
Scope and Contents

This is a play for physically disabled actors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997