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Artist book (limited edition)

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 234 Collections and/or Records:

The Green, the Red, the Yellow, the Black, and the White, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-22281-22704
Scope and Contents

The introduction was written by Robert Filliou. Each page depicts a grid of images appropriated from an encylopedia. The images are printed in green except for the loose print that in red. The images are captioned by text in the encyclopedia or text added by the authors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

The Hiding Place, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-08723-8897
Dates: 1989
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

The Philosophy of Umbrellas, 2008

 Item — Box 46: [Barcode: 31858072460805]
Identifier: CC-48030-69053
Scope and Contents

The text printed on the red umbrella is by Robert Louis Stevenson. The colophon is printed on a circular paper fastened to the tip of the umbrella. It states that this edition is dedicated to Judith A. Hoffberg, whose passion for artists' books led her to become the Founder and Editor of Umbrella, a resource for news and documentation of contemporary book art since 1978. Judith is co-founder of The Art Librarians Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Richard Minsky

The Poetry of Chance Encounters, 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-44486-46636
Scope and Contents

This book was conceived and directed by Harriet Bart and printed in collaboration with Philip Gallo. Bart writes that she searches "for ancient, small quotidian objects and early signs of writing. Countless treasures of the daily capture my imagination...Objects and inscriptions, beautiful and mysterious, carry forth their secret stories and the everyday poetry of praise." Each page of found poetry is recreated by Barth and contains a unique gilded geometric form. the binding is by Jill Jevne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

the world is sick, she cried, so let's dance, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-10393-10596
Scope and Contents

The title page of the duplicate copy has waterstains on the lower third. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
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)

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
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)

Tide(s) of Memory: Postmodern Queer, 2002

 Item — Box 129: [Barcode: 31858072457892]
Identifier: CC-38866-40792
Scope and Contents

This second volume of this series is implemented with markings, words and letters and is intended as a work on non-fiction. FnL (Francis and Leonie) collaborated on the concept, construction and binding. The authors write that "meaning is abolished and priority given to sight and touch." Postmodern Queer informs the queer from a postmodern perspective and is an on-going project that appears in many formats and sizes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains volume I (burlap, soft cover) and volume II (paper).

Dates: 2002
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)

Title (Front Cover) Author, 1979

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-23100-23537
Dates: 1979
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)

Titre, 2011

 Item — Box 161: [Barcode: 31858072458148]
Identifier: CC-54129-643041
Dates: 2011
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)

Tout No.....15, 1966

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21894-22306
Scope and Contents

All books were assembled by Ben and no two copies are alike. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
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)

Tout No.....15, 1966

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21895-22307
Scope and Contents

All books were assembled by Ben and no two copies are alike. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
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)

Tre Libriste Da Palermo, 1991

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31858072491248]
Identifier: CC-22965-23402
Dates: 1991
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)

Truck (A Dance), 1972

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-25125-25578
Dates: 1972
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)

Tunnel Map, 1988

 Item — Box 607: [Barcode: 31858073143541]
Identifier: CC-22059-22475
Dates: 1988
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)

Typerighter bk 23 , 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-17080-17438
Scope and Contents

The books in this edition have different covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Ulcerations, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-58912-51124
Scope and Contents This book consists of 26 pages of colors and various formats over a large fold-out green plate under cover grey. The word Ulceration is a heterogramme composed of the eleven most frequent letters of the French language: E, S, A, R, T, I, N, U, L, O, C. Ulceration is a poem of an anagram of the word Ulcerations.: letters are being replaced by symbols (square, circle and triangle) of different colours (blue, red and black). The five final cut rules pages are blank for the reader to write the solution to the puzzle. According to Libririe Jean-Etienne Huret in Paris, ulcerations is an indoor game on a text by Georges Perec, typographic design of Alain Roger. Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, the catcher-Science, 1986, in-4, rel. spiral, 1 f. and 6 ff. close on grey paper, a large plate folded and 5 ff. close on green paper, 1 f. grey. (M.28*) "More that of a true reissue, it's a playful adaptation. Indeed, for the first 200 series, the text is given, but in the printing code, the letters are...
Dates: 1986
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Una Storia d'Amore, 1992

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31858072491255]
Identifier: CC-23636-24083
Dates: 1992
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

[Untitled], 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-15060-15377
Scope and Contents

The author signed and dedicated the book in mirror writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
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

Veil, 1976

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31858072491255]
Identifier: CC-23523-23968
Scope and Contents

This book that includes six poems was privatedly distributed and is unrelated to a catalogue for a joint show done for an exhibition at Ugo Carrega's Mercato del Sale in 1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
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

Visualized Prayers & Hymn For The American $God$, 1966

 Item — Box 543: [Barcode: 31858072461068]
Identifier: CC-57724-55598
Dates: 1966
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 / L / levy, d.a. / 1966