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Aphorism

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Saint-Just Sundial Badge, 1981

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-12414-12641
Scope and Contents

Depicts sundial with the caption "Too Many Laws Too Few Examples." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Signs, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-36646-38457
Scope and Contents

This catalogue includes a critical essay by Joan Simon and an interview with Bruce Ferguson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Silence Silenzio ( et conversations avec Beethoven), 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-34562-36261
Scope and Contents

This is the seventh book of the collection Contre Vers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Stars Don't Stand Still In The Sky For Anybody, 1991

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-47500-68497
Scope and Contents

This is a 1991 limited edition cloisonné pin designed by Weiner, commissioned by the Peter Norton Family Foundation for use as an hors commerce holiday gift. The pin rests in a white (with red lettering) paper sliding matchbox-style enclosure, on a cotton cushion. The pin reads "Stars Don't Stand Still In The Sky For Anybody." The box reads "Stars Don't Stand Still In The Sky" on top the artist's name on one side and the year and edition on the other side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Strip Poker, 1991

 Item — Box 292: [Barcode: 31858072460714]
Identifier: CC-23295-23735
Scope and Contents

A.S.C. Rower is the grandson of the artist Alexander Calder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1985

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-27821-28954
Scope and Contents

This finely printed book consists of a listing of aphorisms such as 1) Vengeance is an act of good faith, 2) Concrete poems were thought childish because they were seen but not heard, 3) Schemes for making a great deal of money usually cost a lot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Invention of Mankind, 1976

 Item — Folder 54: [Barcode: 31858072537883]
Identifier: CC-13082-13377
Scope and Contents

Words are painted in capital letters in red, black and white colors over a blue-green painted background resembling a landscape. The sign has been appropriated from an electical contractor (identified as Ray White on verso). The painting was included the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1984 as indicated by a paper label affixed to the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32222-33777
Scope and Contents

This object was formed from by photocopied hand lettered text in the style Phillips uses for his text based sculptures, where each letter is physically linked to adjacent ones. The photocopied sentence of the title, glued onto the cube is repeated twice on each of its surfaces. The Sackner Archive also holds the hand-drawn maquette for this work. The text is by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box 166: [Barcode: 31858072458205]
Identifier: CC-40358-42329
Scope and Contents

For this piece, Tom Phillips lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein.Phillips writes, "The series of cubes began with a cage of wire made for The Globe Theatre's production of A Winter's Tale. A cage of wire words followed to exemplify Wittgenstein's proposition 'The Limits of My Language are the Limits of My World'. Printing this on an acrylic cube where the inside can be seen and, by an oddity of optics, experienced from the outside seemed to unite the reading of a statement with its perception as a metaphor. Reversing the text on the outside in a later version emphasised the trap of language that Wittgenstein describes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World [maquette], 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32223-33779
Scope and Contents

For this maquette, Tom Phillips hand lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. He marked design changes in small, red symbols. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube and hand-drawn on each surface of the wooden cube. The maquette is slightly smaller than the finished work that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Shapes and S.P.A.C.I.N.G of the Letters, 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-08143-8304
Scope and Contents

This book consists of a collection of illustrated essays on the following topics, Short-Prose, Verbo-Visuals, Travel-Log, Agit-Prop, Colonial-English, Calendar-Art, Cut-Paste and Laughing-Stock. Includes a particularly good exposition of Picture or Emblem Poetry. Most of the writing is tongue-in-cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

The Worst Moment Is When You Realize That You Can't Change the Course of Art History, 2009

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-49782-70836
Scope and Contents

The collaged card depicts a photograph of Vittore and an unknown man seated and reading books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Three Times Jonathan, 1994

 Item — Box 281: [Barcode: 31858072460649]
Identifier: CC-00649-665
Scope and Contents

The facing pages of the books have a text on the right side with a print from a black and white line drawing on the left side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Together You Cannot be Broken or Defeated], 2007

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-47503-68500
Scope and Contents

The accompanying sheet retells a story from Doris George regarding her grandfather.

Dates: 2007

Truisms and Essays, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-29934-31325
Scope and Contents

This book lists of Holzer's aphorisms in bold and colored typography translated from English to other languages. Most have a political slant. The print lists the aphorisms in alphabetical order. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Words for the World, 1995

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-09826-10020
Scope and Contents

This a collection of watchwords inprinted on pencils to promote understanding and good will. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995