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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Absolutely Incomprehensible, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-43476-45540
Scope and Contents

The pages depict photographs of lips mouthing words when the pages are flipped that are "absolutely incomprehensible." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
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 / SMALL BOOKS

[Basic Lights], 1994

 Item — Box 286: [Barcode: 31858072460672]
Identifier: CC-09783-9977
Scope and Contents

Each cigarette is printed with the statement "I swear this is absolutely the last cigarette I will ever smoke." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Firecracker: All Books Are Meant to Be Read, 1994

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-09784-9978
Scope and Contents

A small soft cover book is wrapped in papers which include the text above and "Non-Archival Book Instructions: Light Fuse and Get Away." With the exposed string on top, this book object resembles a fire cracker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)