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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

A Man Climbs a Mountain Because It Is There, A Man Makes a Work of Art Because It Is Not There, 1968

 Item — Box 283: [Barcode: 31858073143418]
Identifier: CC-51755-72855
Scope and Contents

This is Carl Andre's first one man show in a musem and his first catalogue. Johannes Cladders wrote the German text for the book object. All the English texts are in Andre's own handwriting and appear to be printed offset though another process might have been used. On the folder cover, Andre writes, "A man climbs a mountain because it is there. A man makes a work of art because it is not there." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

A. Spatola, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-03071-3118
Scope and Contents

The illustrations feature Spatola's classic fractured, constructivistic letter pictures including an original collage held by the Sacknar Archive, ["Red, White, & Black Overlying fremes with Text."] -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Bob Cobbing ABC in Sound / Watts, Jonathan P.; Cobbing B; Cobbing W; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 2013

 Item — Box 388: [Barcode: 31858072463676]
Identifier: CC-58527-10001750
Scope and Contents

The exhibitio nwas curated by William Cobbing, Bob Cobbing's grandson and Rosie Cooper at the Exhibition Research Centre in Liverpool. It consisted of printed matter, paintings, documents, films, sound works, objects and artefacts.The Sackners were described as "owners of the most comprehensive archive of sound and concrete poetry." Stored in Bob Cobbing box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

[Curriculum Vitae and Publications], 2000

 Item — Box 616: [Barcode: 31858072461019]
Identifier: CC-33893-35565
Scope and Contents

Soroka presents his biography and a reprint "Visual Poetry in Ukrainian Literature," from the Ukrainian Review, 1998, Vol.45, No.1. There are also examples from early Ukrainian and European visual poetry and the recent works of Soroka. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

d.a. levy Pages, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31274-32745
Scope and Contents

In his essay, Karl Young describes d.a. levy in his any facets e.g. spiritual poet, warrior against repression and conformity, quiet scribe and nihilist non-conformer. This web site for levy notes that the only existing critical text published about his life and works is Ingrid Swanberg's "Zen Concrete and etc." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-30563-31996
Scope and Contents

Joni Mabe designed the cover and had several drawings reproduced in this book.The book and card from Greil Marcus to the Sackners reflects the gratitude of Marcus to the Sackners for making a connection between Mabe and him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Ideogramas, emblemas y mitogramas: Antologia Poetica, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-49626-70678
Scope and Contents

Several page of this book reproduce published and unpublished concrete and visual poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

[Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year], 2008

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-50002-71061
Scope and Contents

The loose sheet is a letter to Belsey's family and friends noting that he has retired from Cardiff University in Philosophy, completed a Master's degree in Typography and Graphic Communication at Reading University and expects to be "busier than ever, reading and writing in both philosphy and typography." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Neil Baldwin Man Ray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1276
Scope and Contents The Neil Baldwin Man Ray Collection contains photographs, research notes, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Neil Baldwin’s biography (Man Ray: American Artist) and documentary (Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde) of the artist. This collection is made up of seven series: photographs; critiques, features, reviews; Man Ray biography; Naomi Siegler Savage; interviews; and Man Ray documentary. The series and folders indicate Baldwin’s original organization. As a result, some folders, particularly those within the PHOTOGRAPHS series, contain duplicate materials.The first series includes photographs by Man Ray and other. Photographs includes images of Man Ray, pictures that Man Ray took, pictures of Man Ray’s art objects, reproductions of his drawings and paintings, as well as photographs from Neil Baldwin’s trips to Paris in 1984 and 1986. Of note, the folder “Man Ray and his works, c. 1916-1952” includes pictures of...
Dates: 1920-2002

Noel Berlin Verona Conz, 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49949-71008
Scope and Contents

Ann Noel, the wife of Emmett Williams dedicated this book "In memory of Emmett Williams with whom I shared the adventures described in this visual diary from a part of our life together." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Rolywholyover: A Circus, 1993

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-28811-30126
Scope and Contents

The prints are photographic reproductions of some of the works in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Blues & Jives of Dr. Hepcat, 1994

 Item — Box 619: [Barcode: 31858072461043]
Identifier: CC-32192-33743
Scope and Contents

Thi leaflet announces a book on Lavada Durst, Dr. Hepcat, who was probably the first African American deejay in the USA. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994