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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 234 Collections and/or Records:

Walk of Fame, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09315-9498
Scope and Contents

Each page reproduces part of the sidewalk in Hollywood, California, onto which names of motion picture stars are inscribed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Wally Depew's Poetry Newsletter: Squares, 1973

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-15121-15440
Scope and Contents

The image of four continuous gray squares appears on each page either reduced or enlarged with a photocopying machine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Warum A. Hitler Doch Ein Kunstler Wurde, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-10641-10850
Scope and Contents

Theme deals with Hitler's career as a failed artist. The portrait of Hitler carried throughout the book is an abstracted image of his two most prominent features, his hairline and moustache. Andryczuk contributes a critical essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Wer lieferte was?, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-08763-8938
Scope and Contents

This book consists of misprints of the exhibition catalogue "Ressource Kunst" that is held by the Sackner archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Wie Weiss Ist Die Weisen, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-27347-28068
Scope and Contents

Variations of the Gomringer's poem "wie weis ist wissen die weisen" have been typeset in lower case letters in rectangular blocks and interspered among illustrations of Uecker's white nail works. There are 720 permutations of the words in the title sentence. The cover by Uecker is embossed with images of nails placed on heavy white paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Willy Nilly , 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42096-44097
Scope and Contents

Each facing page has the words, "Tock Tick" in the upper outer corners and "Dong Ding" in the lower inner corners. The Center of each page consists of a single word surrounded by a rectangle of closely packed printing ornaments. For example on two sets of successive pages, the text reads, "GO HOME" and "ABROAD WIN." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

word book, 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-31411-32900
Scope and Contents

Each of the three pages in this booklet has a single typed word or letter - art, is, t - adding up to"artist." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Words/Images/Objects, 1981

 Item — Box 208: [Barcode: 31858072460144]
Identifier: CC-13255-13556
Scope and Contents Deals with the artist's consideration of the environment and personal artistic language. Internet: Bilge Friedlaender, 65, a Turkish-born artist known for combining natural materials into delicate arrangements and renderings, died of brain cancer in April 2000 in Istanbul.Mrs. Friedlaender, who lived in Germantown during the years she worked and taught in Philadelphia, had her pastel drawings, two-dimensional wall hangings, abstract sculptures, and minimalist installations exhibited at several venues in the region. They included Old City galleries, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Beaver College, Moore College of Art and Design, and the Horticultural Center and Arboretum in Fairmount Park. She had solo exhibitions in New York; Boston; Kyoto, Japan; and Istanbul. Her work also was shown as part of group exhibitions in several cities, including Washington and Munich, Germany. Mrs. Friedlaender was an assistant professor who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1983...
Dates: 1981

yellow book, 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-57394-63405
Scope and Contents

All the pages are blank and are cut in different configurations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Zeitschrift fur Tiegel und Tumult, No.20, 1991

 Item — Box 74: [Barcode: 31858070812171]
Identifier: CC-00056-55
Scope and Contents

The envelopes contain objects related to a mesostic poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Zelmut, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-00526-539
Scope and Contents

Stored in Elizabeth Was' box. Liazon Wakest was abbreviatedc to Zon Wakest on the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992