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Visual/verbal

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 318 Collections and/or Records:

Utopia: The Conceptual Situation, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-07218-7360
Scope and Contents

This a photocopied facsimile of a sketchbook. The original was in ink and color with a extensive collaging. Laffoley notes that this facsimile is incomplete. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Vocabulaire: Breath, 1989

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 31858072460045]
Identifier: CC-14552-14863
Scope and Contents

The rubberstamped text states "take a deep breath." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Vocabulaire: Breathe, 1989

 Item — Folder 46: [Barcode: 31858072460052]
Identifier: CC-14568-14879
Scope and Contents

Depicts image of lungs with phrase, "breathe in and breathe out" in red and green, respectively, corresponding to the red color that de Charmoy used for the pulmonary parenchyma and the green color for the airways. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Vocabulaire: Memoire, 1989

 Item — Folder 45: [Barcode: 31858072460060]
Identifier: CC-14550-14861
Scope and Contents

Image depicts facial profiles accentuating the nose, one with an occlusive appliance, the other unencumbered. The rubberstamped text in French deals with de Charmoy's memories of nasal congestion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Vocabulaire: Mucid , 1989

 Item — Folder 45: [Barcode: 31858072460060]
Identifier: CC-14551-14862
Scope and Contents

Collage element is newspaper with stock market quotations. The rubberstamped text consists of adjectives of the word "mucus," presumbably signifying de Charmoy's perception of the stock market. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Voyage 1984 Greta Garbo Box, 1984

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-26153-26616
Scope and Contents

Images include Greta Garbo and others from the Art World. This also appears in a trade edition which is held by the Sackner Archive. The box and handcoloring make this edition unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Whaam ! , 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-14185-14490
Scope and Contents

Equipo Cronica consisted of Raphael Solbes, who died in 1990, and Manola Valdes. This print depicts a Roy Lichtenstein pop-art image over a section from Picasso's Guernica. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

WMI? Membership Piece, 1995

 Item — Folder 17: [Barcode: 31858072459765]
Identifier: CC-24121-24573
Scope and Contents

The title WMI? made from cut colored paper collaged onto the cards and tickets at the bottom of the collage appears to be an acronym for Who aM I? with the response being Baroni's memberships and photos. The collage is one of a series of 8 Unrelated Pieces for the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Working Day and Night, 1989

 Item — Box 107: [Barcode: 31858073143772]
Identifier: CC-09851-10045
Scope and Contents

This work shows a balcony with books, very much like the Sackner Archive. The artist confirmed that he had no idea of this when he did the work. In the bottom center, a child is seated at a round table. Through two large windows are a day time and a night time scene. The frame is covered with dense hand-lettered text on topology. The top and bottom edges are written backwards and can be read with a small mirror provided by the artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[World unborn], 1990

 Item — Box 163: [Barcode: 31858072458171]
Identifier: CC-05648-5755
Scope and Contents

This sculpture provides a visual/verbal vignette of the fragility of the first breath of life. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990