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Artist book

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 384 Collections and/or Records:

Intimations of Infinity: An Homage to Mark Tobey, 1993

 Item — Box 306: [Barcode: 31858073143608]
Identifier: CC-27500-28550
Scope and Contents

Each drawing is affixed to the right hand side of the black paper page. Straus produces a dazzling display of drawings in the spirit of the American abstract expressionist/calligraphic painter, Mark Tobey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

iRiS, 1996

 Item — Box 176: [Barcode: 31858072459336]
Identifier: CC-27531-28597
Scope and Contents

The theme of this work is the Iris flower and most pages depict drawn abstractions of the flower in gray-black colors. The latter is an unexplained contradiction to the purple colors of the flower. The folder enclosing the pamphlets, pages, and drawings is inserted into an enclosure in the rectangular shaped earthy, ceramic vase which has another round enclosure for an artificial Iris flower with its stem. A polaroid photograph depicts the process of how the drawing was made - by rubbing the flower over paper to form the word "Iris" from its pigments.Also designated No.2/Tome 11 in the series ARTCI-BLE Petits Dictionnaires Portatifs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Iron Fist in Yr Yellow Chakra, 1998

 Item — Box 135: [Barcode: 31858072457835]
Identifier: CC-29776-31154
Scope and Contents This book is composed of calligraphic drawings, one to a card, that repetitively presents the title phrase in extremely varied letter styles and sizes using ink, paint, and graphite. Chakra is a word from Yoga that refers to any of the six points along the spine that are supposed to contain certain powers, persinified by Gods and able to be released through the proper exercises. The title phrase is occasionally modified with another word, e.g., "Iron Fuckin Fist In Yr Fuckin Yellow Fuckin Goddamn Chakra." The cards are a masterpiece of experimental calligraphy. The green corrugated cardboard box holding the cards was made by Sloy's husband, Nicholas. Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, described the preparation of the cards by sloy. "The artist put blank paper through a press wiha clean plate to create a border indentation (the blank plate mark) to make the work look like an engraving. This technique was used by printers in the 19th...
Dates: 1998

[It was so sweet...], 1996

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-16388-16738
Scope and Contents

A thank you presentation from Doner to the Sackners in the form of a wedge shaped book, tied and wrapped, containing examples of Doner's ideogramatic drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Italia, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-09886-10082
Scope and Contents

The collage depicts Hansen's typical image of Venus of Willendorf made with gold foil. The outline material is the basis of the collage on the final page. The two center pages are photographic colored portraits of Hansen, one of which is a double exposure showing Hansen within his studio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

JAZZ, 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-15903-16236
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is New Orleans jazz. Dencker plays the banjo and traveled to New Orleans where he found many of the collaged elements. Twelve of the pages have a square center perforation creating a framed effect for the subsequent collaged pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

JCMCJJ II, 1990

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-01874-1910
Scope and Contents

Text and imagery relates to John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns "Dancers on a Plane." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Joseph Delteil - La Cuisine Paleolithique, 1999

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-32988-34609
Scope and Contents

The text is written and drawn with colorful design elements. It reads, "Mange avec les doights. Bois avec le nez." The front cover is stamped with the words "nez" and includes a relief of a cardboard collaged nose. The rear cover is stamped with words "bouche" and contains a relief of cardboard collaged lips. The binding is by Knoderer and the drawings are by Pagiras. Book displayed in glass case and envelope in small objects box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Journal Impubliable, 1975

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25895-26356
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispo, California an exhibition curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Journal Impubliable, 1982

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25898-26359
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispo, California, an exhibition curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Journey 22 from Haslach to Hau (Elipsis), 1989

 Item — Box 109: [Barcode: 31858073143749]
Identifier: CC-09850-10044
Scope and Contents

In this book object, the artist utilizes a photographic schematic of a vertical section of the whole lung as a hat for a young woman. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Kein Armenier in Amiens, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-27036-27510
Scope and Contents

Drawings are mainly calligraphic in content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Kidnapped by Books, 1997

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-30594-32032
Scope and Contents

Susan Barron is pictured showing pages ron "Labyrinth of Time." She spoke at the History of the Book Seminar in Special Collections aat the Van Pelt Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Kim and Rosie Batcheller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1266
Abstract

Collection on Jan and Jarmila Sonota, bookbinders.

Dates: 1991 - 2013

Knowledge Swirling Man Tell Slow Stories, 1984

 Item — Box 183: [Barcode: 31858072459534]
Identifier: CC-26506-26975
Scope and Contents

The visual Poetry and text was written by Miekal And. Elizabeth Was designed the bookbinding and colored the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984