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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:

Ground rock salt grade three (Judith Walker Posters no.2 bob cobbing) , 1972

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 31858072538022]
Identifier: CC-20650-21052
Scope and Contents

The image depicts Cobbing on a photocopied background of graffeti-like fragmented stenciled words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Holistic Text With Orson, 1984

 Item — Box 138: [Barcode: 31858072457918]
Identifier: CC-43551-45627
Scope and Contents

The paper slips in the hollow read "to see beyond - the hand that points - in the individual soul, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Hong Kong Tales, 1996

 Item — Box 129: [Barcode: 31858072457892]
Identifier: CC-00677-693
Scope and Contents

Wolf writes that "the Asian appearance of the text is created by overprinting a German text, inspired by stories told by the artist's German speaking son, who lives as a journalist in Hong Kong." Five distinct, folded booklets are fastened to the front (black) and back (red) covers; there is no spine. The book is wrapped with 2 colored paper tapes which are held by the long wooden stick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Horizont, 1978

 Item — Box 134: [Barcode: 31858072457850]
Identifier: CC-10648-10857
Scope and Contents

The poem is slanted downward to the right and translates as "My Horizon." Designated as blatt 55.78. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Hourglass: The Rhythm of Traces, 1998

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-30512-31940
Scope and Contents

The poet describes his work as visual/musical rhythms. The left pages are mostly composed of punctuation marks of varied type dimensions and the right pages are mostly poems with arrangements of words in clusters. Also designated Seeing Eye ooks Series II, Book 2. Some of the images in this book are also printed Sandri's "Capitolo Zero." a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[I was a trophy wife], 1992

 Item — Folder 30: [Barcode: 31858072459898]
Identifier: CC-15717-16046
Scope and Contents

The piece has writing on it in two places, reading, "I was a trophy wife" and "After us the savage god."

Dates: 1992

In Death of Adriano Spatola, 1988

 Item — Folder 41: [Barcode: 31858072460003]
Identifier: CC-21775-22186
Scope and Contents

The set of collages made in homage to Spatola's recent death, exceptionally well characterizes his personality and physical appearance. Note that four collages are framed and two of them will be hung. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Inter-Positions, 2006

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31858072491255]
Identifier: CC-45972-48678
Scope and Contents

Each print consists of a photocopied image of a ink dot matrix printed computer image. Reed Altemus is the publisher of Live Matter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006