Artist book
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 243 Collections and/or Records:
M Book, 1999
A birthday present for Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Make a Joyful Noise, 1988
Denoted as #15 of 6th series of musical books. Consists of three blocks of hollowed painted wood that have moveable metal objects within them to give sounds when shakened. The blocks are joined together by cardboard onto which has been printed a listing of types of books, viz., A Book of Hours, A Log Book, A Workbook, A Psalter, A Hymnal, An Ablum, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Marble Papers], 1990
This book consists of black-brown marbled pages without text or attrbution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Matchbook, 1983
Wooden twigs glued into cover were painted to appear like matches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Meditation Manual for Mini-Minds & Mystics, 1968
This is a minibooklet in which each page is cut in half horizontally such that the two halves can be matched to different pages to give permutations of minimalist poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mesostic Book, 1984
Each page has been cut to four horizontal segments. A single word, white in color, has been cast into the white background of the page. A mesostic is formed from the middle letters of these four words. Reading down the center of the cover is the word alto which is the second part of the street name for the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Museum of Penny Candy, 2000
Each page consists of the candy object described by an ancient dictionary along with the candy itself. The presentation is reminiscent of early Joseph Kosuth works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
my pet concertinas, 1988
The booklet with the 26 treated pages has an abstract line drawing on its cover, the booklet with 69 treated pages has the roman numeral "II" on its cover with the title "Les Tres Riches Heures de Fleur." The first booklet describes and illustrates trips to Kenya, Verona, Dusseldorf with Phillips' assistant/bookbinder Pella Erskine Tulloch. He also describes and illustrates her musical tastes. The first sketch of her portrait appears on one of the pages; the Sackner Archive holds the completed painted portrait. In the booklet with 69 treated pages (concertina II), Phillips mentions drawing and painting Pella's portrait and comments on his own activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Non mINImizziamo: Romanzo, 1990
Merante has utilized diverse calligraphic styles in this miniature bookwork. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Offset & Finely Pressed, 1985
This book was exhibited at Thomas J. Watson Gallery, NYC in 1986 in "The Book Thought Through." There is a photographic reproduction of the unfolded book in the catalogue. Moore designed the book and Alexander composed the poem. The exhibition was curated by Edwina Evers of Califia Books who also wrote the introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
One/Unique/Table, 1981
This book was made in the summer of 1981 by developing artistic variations of some of the 500 tables as exhibited in Crozier's Table Project at Stempelplaats, Amsterdam, January 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Pam Spitzmueller Collection
This collection contains materials from conservator and book artist Pamela Spitzmueller. It includes Pam’s bookbindings, conservation work (including Harvey's 1628 De motu cordis and the Nag Hammadi codices), research notebooks, personal journals, correspondence, and book arts scholarship. The collection also has records and keepsakes pertaining to the Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) and the Guild of Book Workers (GBW).
Per Filo e Per Segno, 1988
The images of the scroll focus upon fantastic architectures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Peter and Donna Thomas Book Arts Ephemera Collection
Collection of book arts ephemera, with emphasis on papermaking and miniature books.
Philoontosophy - Gazaliel [Deluxe Edition], 1989
The pages of this book were handcolored by Elizabeth Was. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Photo Archive, 2004
The drawings are sketches of the locations of items within Collins' archive. The photographs document various Collins inspired projects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
