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Andre, Carl, 1935-2024

 Person

Nationality

American

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

A Man Climbs a Mountain Because It Is There, A Man Makes a Work of Art Because It Is Not There, 1968

 Item — Box 283: [Barcode: 31858073143418]
Identifier: CC-51755-72855
Scope and Contents

This is Carl Andre's first one man show in a musem and his first catalogue. Johannes Cladders wrote the German text for the book object. All the English texts are in Andre's own handwriting and appear to be printed offset though another process might have been used. On the folder cover, Andre writes, "A man climbs a mountain because it is there. A man makes a work of art because it is not there." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Card to Ruth & Marvin Sackner: Poetry Trypoe [Passport] (31Jan87), 1987

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-25620-26078
Scope and Contents

The verso depicts a reproduction of a Camel cigarette pack. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Carl Andre, 1970

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-27158-27633
Scope and Contents

The typed carbon of "Conquest Display" illustrated on page 58 was held by the Sackner Archive and subsequently sold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Stommeln Synagogue, 1997

 Item — Box 317: [Barcode: 31858072490844]
Identifier: CC-29743-31120
Scope and Contents

The concrete poem on the title page reads, "The void enclosed by the squares of three four and five." The poem is also reproduced on the back cover in a different shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

untitled, 1976

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-51209-72297
Scope and Contents

This in one of several rubberstamped prints published as a series by Parisol Press. Andre rubberstamped the number 0220 on the blank paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Zaj Is Bigger Than Life, 1968

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-25617-26075
Scope and Contents

Andre superimposed a drawing for a floor sculpture on a graph paper, printed grid. Zaj was a Spanish fluxus-like group of artists/poets. This print is depicted in Encuentro De Pamplona 1972, a catalogue held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968