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Ben, 1935-2024

 Person

Staff Only

Nationality

French

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Editions Camomille, No. 13: Sept Ans de Bonheur, 1991

 Item — Box 237: [Barcode: 31858072460375]
Identifier: CC-14353-14662
Scope and Contents

Ben has written on one side of the mylar pages which have a mirror surface so that the opposite blank page gives a mirror, almost 3D appearance, to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS (old) / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Editions Camomille

L'Art en Transit, no. 2: Depanne Machine recontre Ben, C'est la vie, 1989

 Item — Box 123: [Barcode: 31858072458098]
Identifier: CC-16094-16437
Scope and Contents

This black box is one "encounter" between an artist and Dépanne Machine, out of a series of six.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

le nouveau est arrive! , 2008

 Item — Folder 66: [Barcode: 31858072538006]
Identifier: CC-00002-1
Scope and Contents

This is a poster advertising the arrival of Nouveau Beaujolais wine. It was posted in cafes and restaurants in Paris. Rachid Koraichi asked for the poster on the wall for the Sackners during their lunch together with Albert Behar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Manifeste d'Arte Total, 1997

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-32005-33536
Scope and Contents

Ben Vautier contributes a line ink drawing which is white on the inside front cover and yellow on the facing page of a smiling man's face and the statements "moite blanc" and "je suis moitie jaune." The main section of the book is conventionally printed and list aphorisms of Ben's "Art Total" from 1965 -1997. The accompanying print was written in Ben's typical style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Pour Ou Contre: Une Retrospective, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-24077-24529
Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS