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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 219 Collections and/or Records:

Situazione Corrente, 1971

 Item — Box 611: [Barcode: 31858072460854]
Identifier: CC-52620-73756
Scope and Contents

The pages depict photographs of a locomotive pulling passenger railroad cars. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Luciano Ori

Six of Hearts [final proof], 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-30084-31482
Scope and Contents

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section but most of the lines have been erased even though this version is designated as the final proof. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was cokmposed in 1991. This was recorded on a compact disc in 1997, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Tom Phillips

Six of Hearts [trial proof], 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-30089-31487
Scope and Contents

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section with these lines retained in gold ink. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was composed in 1991 and recorded on a compact disc in 1997. The disc is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Tom Phillips

Slide Works 1, 1980

 Item — Box 270: [Barcode: 31858072460573]
Identifier: CC-21795-22206
Dates: 1980
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Social Butterfly, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-32259-33820
Scope and Contents

This is a feminist book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Sarah Jackson

Still Dead: Elvis Presley Without Music, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-05951-6063
Dates: 1990
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)

Still Life in 2007, 2006

 Item — Box 293: [Barcode: 31858072460730]
Identifier: CC-46144-48856
Scope and Contents

This Christmas gift from Bart consists of instructions on how to mount the given objects that are stored in a red silk bag onto a printed paper base creating a constructivistic minataure landscape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
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)

Swedish Box, 1996

 Item — Box 201: [Barcode: 31858072459716]
Identifier: CC-28563-29848
Scope and Contents

The book is a diaristic account of Tavenner's trip to Sweden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
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)

Taschenbuch der Panzer, 1981

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11758-11976
Scope and Contents

The eight colored prints play off the image of the Pansey, the flower as a camouflaged image of Panzer, the German armored tank. A section of this book is entitled, "Detached Sentances on Camouflage: In the Manner of Shenstone. William Snenstone (1714-1763) was a poet and gardner. This list aphorisms about floral and military tank camouflage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981
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 / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

TautoliCard n.1, 2009

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-52308-73430
Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / CORRESPONDENCE

[the 1st of January] / Melnikov-Starquist, Willi., 1997

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-55947-9999415
Scope and Contents

This is a letter addressed to Mr. Marvin Sackner! " Great thanks for your wonderful catalog!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Attached to "Hieroglypoetry especially for Mr. Marvin Sackner"

Dates: 1997
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 / C / Cobbing, Bob / NOT COBBING

The Consistency of Shadows: Exhibition Catalogs as Autonomous Works of Art, 2003

 Item — Box 194: [Barcode: 31858072459641]
Identifier: CC-40814-42791
Scope and Contents

The compact disc is held in place by means of bubbles on both sides of the case and by a slit through each one of the pamphlets. The compact disc depicts installation photographs of the catalogs and an interview between Boehme and Boltanski. -- 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) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

The Cyclist, 1995

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-03090-3137
Scope and Contents

The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
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) / William Jay Smith

The Day Is A Prayer They Can't Understand, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-00536-549
Scope and Contents

Collage cover of photographic b&w reproductions of female nudes was composed by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
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 Forest and the Revolution, 1981

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Scope and Contents

Flyer advertising a series of exhibitions entitled "The Forest and the Revolution" held from May-October 1981 in Stonypath Garden and the Garden Temple in Finlay's Little Sparta in Lanarck, Scotland. Exhibitions included "Souvenirs of the French Revolution", "Nine Columns", "Names on Trees", "Talismans and Signifiers", "Classic Landscapes", "Pantheon of the Revolution", "Zeno and Epicurus", "Raspberry Camouflage", and "Spartan and Old Roman Promenades", as well as other publications and plantings.

Dates: 1981
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 / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

The Garden, 1995

 Item — Box 208: [Barcode: 31858072460144]
Identifier: CC-03005-3050
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
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) / Carol Schwartzott

The Grass Box, 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-38748-40659
Dates: 1984
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) / Berty Skuber

The Harder They Fall, 1981

 Item — Box 270: [Barcode: 31858072460573]
Identifier: CC-21828-22239
Dates: 1981
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 Hell Passport Project, 2007

 Item — Box 278: [Barcode: 31858073143400]
Identifier: CC-50012-71071
Scope and Contents Each issue within the box covers varying engagements with surrealism through drawings and text. Some topics depicted are floral forms (#4), cartoons (#5), hell (#6), pessimism (#7), humor (#7), nightmares (#9), fragmentation (#10)This issue consists of surrealistic drawings and text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue consists of surrealistic drawings that resemble paint by number drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue consists of surrealistic drawings by Fiona Smyth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue consists of surrealistic drawings of floral forms by Julie Voyce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue consists of cartoon-like surrealistic drawings by Ben b. Jacques. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue consists of a lively tale of things the author imagines he will have or not have in hell. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This...
Dates: 2007
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 Kissing Bug, The Mysterious Letter, and the Leaping Pantyhose, 1992

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-26990-27464
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) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / Ackerman, Al