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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 384 Collections and/or Records:

Letters to the Ether/Other, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-07687-7837
Scope and Contents

Laxson writes that the "Letters to the Ether Other" first existed as one-of-a-kind bas relief wall pieces... This small edition is a spin off of that work printed while the hand-set type was still in tack on various papers found around the studio." Each page is presented as a combination folded letter with a black printed envelope waiting to be mailed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Letters to the Ether/Other, 1995

 Item — Box 87: [Barcode: 31858072538204]
Identifier: CC-07702-7852
Scope and Contents

The object is shaped like an envelope with a Laxson "postage stamp in the right upper corner. The printed message on the envelope reads, "Dear Sirs: I recently received your MULTI-Measuring Device. It arrived in good condition, but it does not allow for the/the image slippage factor! Do you have a new model? Sincerely yours... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Lettre dans la Tête, 1996

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-27511-28566
Scope and Contents

The booklet was designed using drawings made by Pagiras to form the word, 'Lettre,' one letter to a page. These letters are repeated on each page along with abstract markings and/or a profile of a stylized face. After completion of the text, the page depicts a stylized frontal view of the face with different letters eminating from the area of the brain. Book displayed in glass case and envelope in small objects box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Lettre d'une Inconnue, 1992

 Item — Box 172: [Barcode: 31858072459211]
Identifier: CC-28633-29931
Scope and Contents

This work consists of 15 sheets, 17.9 x 81.2 cm conjoined to form a single scroll backed with purple cotton fabric. It is read as a continous work from top to bottom and printed with conventional typography (14-point Times Roman). The handmade lead storage container is decorated with gold wire. Mutel states that the lead box is about memory and inside the box we can find the whole life of the unknown woman going and going like a river. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Libro di devozioni domestiche, 1987

 Item — Box 286: [Barcode: 31858072460672]
Identifier: CC-20749-21153
Scope and Contents

These collages have the same formatted media presentation but differ in their themes most of which are abstract. However, one of the calligraphic images is modeled after a Futurist Parole In Liberta landscape poem in which large dotted "i's" serve as Roman columns while another depicts an oriental face. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Libro Ingabbiato (Little Book In A Wooden Cage), 1981

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-49022-70060
Scope and Contents

The book is an Italian- Spanish dictionary containing 12,000 words. This work is also depicted in the exhibition catalogue, "Parole in Vista" (2002), perhaps with a different dictionary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Libro-Libro, 1983

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-19480-19863
Scope and Contents

This totally white book which is opened to facing pages has lines of calligraphic markings made by linear carving into the soft paper (carta scolpita). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Livre d'Architecture Fluide, 1992

 Item — Box 120: [Barcode: 31858072538683]
Identifier: CC-02634-2677
Scope and Contents

The dark brown covers of this book have been collaged, crumpled and heavily varnished by Seille to create a unique artist binding, The endpapers consist of fluid calligraphic writing in an unrecognizable alphabet, written in black paint reminiscent of Chinese calligraphy. The pages are collaged with the artist's unique drawings consisting of images, numbers, surrealistic drawings and organic structures. The pages are varnished such that a crunchy sound is emitted upon turning the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Livre Impubliable: Concerto, 1975

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25894-26355
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

Livre Impubliable: Premiers Approches De La Ville, 1975

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25896-26357
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

Livre Impubliable: Premiers Approches De La Ville, 1975

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25897-26358
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

Livre Noir Arabe, 1981

 Item — Box 193: [Barcode: 31858072459633]
Identifier: CC-34372-36068
Scope and Contents

Dautricourt has drawn made-up, simulated Arabic letters in white ink on a black paper background. The opened facing pages are the only visible part of the book; the other pages are glued together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Livres d'Artistes, 1987

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-07388-7532
Scope and Contents

This unusual exhibition catalog, which itself can be classified as an artist book, consists of booklets with reproductions from limited editioned artist and illustrated books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987