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Was, Elizabeth, 1956-2004

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956 May 29 - 2004 February 28

Nationality

American

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Ancestor Dragon Buddha Bean, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-08007-8163
Scope and Contents

Deals with Knowle's theme of the bean. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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) / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Catalog Update / Was, Elizabeth, editor ; And, Miekal, editor ; Was E ; And M ; Segay S ; Nikonova R ; Cage J ; Held Jjr ; Knowles A ; Malok ; Porter B ; Melnicove M., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-33217-34847
Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Experimedia Simplexity / Was, Elizabeth, editor ; And, Miekal, editor ; And M ; Andrews B ; Bernstein C ; Cole D ; curry jw ; Laba M ; Ernst KS ; Essary L ; Ganick P ; Hill C ; Kempton K ; Lipman J ; Malok ; Porter B ; Raphael D ; Polkinhorn H ; Was E ; Stein C ; DiMichele B ; Goldstein D ; Kaplan E ; Rahmmings K ; Schneider L ; Schwind J ; Spiegelman L ; Rosenblum M., 1987 - 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-27973-29123
Dates: 1987 - 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Experimedia Simplexity / Was, Elizabeth, editor ; And, Miekal, editor ; And M ; Ganick P ; Goldstein D ; Hill C ; Kempton K ; Lipman J ; Malok ; Porter B ; Rahmmings K ; Raphael D ; Spiegelman L ; Was E ; Andrews B ; Berry J ; Eberly J ; Cole D ; curry jw ; Laba M ; Ernst KS ; Dunn L ; Essary L ; Ganick P ; Kaplan E ; Kempton K ; Musicmaster ; Myers Gjr ; Porter B ; Schneider L ; Schwind J ; Spiegelman L ; Stein C ; Was E ; Weiner H., 1990 - 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-33218-34848
Dates: 1990 - 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Phrex Brain, 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-00355-363
Scope and Contents

Contains a page depicting the lungs with a caption from a clipping about the scientific aspects of models, viz. "We do not necessarily believe that the picture of nature we thus form is the real world. Many scientists say it is simply a model that works!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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: Books (unprocessed)

Phrex Brain, 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-00356-364
Scope and Contents

Contains a page depicting the lungs with a caption from a clipping about the scientific aspects of models, viz. "We do not necessarily believe that the picture of nature we thus form is the real world. Many scientists say it is simply a model that works!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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: Books (unprocessed)

Phrex Brain / Was, Elizabeth., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-00357-365
Scope and Contents

Contains a page depicting the lungs with a caption from a clipping about the scientific aspects of models, viz. "We do not necessarily believe that the picture of nature we thus form is the real world. Many scientists say it is simply a model that works!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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: Books (unprocessed)

Resembling Assembling, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-48917-69955
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: Books (unprocessed)

The Elation Symphony, 1981

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-24616-25069
Scope and Contents

Book was performed/made in a copy shop by Elizabeth Was and Heidi Sheppard. -- 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 BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

The Flat Chin / Was, Elizabeth (aka Was, Liz)., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-00494-506
Scope and Contents

Using made-up words like nasolabialis and embouture, the artist has placed them on a wooden support that seems to resemble a tongue. The vertical text reads in part "All roads lead to the flat chin/all roads leave from the flat chin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Understanding The Product] / Was, Elizabeth., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-00364-372
Scope and Contents

The lungs in this neo-dada conception are depicted as a missile. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Veil, 1987

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31858072491255]
Identifier: CC-21416-21827
Scope and Contents

This book was designed by Elizabeth Was. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Xeroxial Endarchy, Ltd / Was, Elizabeth, editor ; And, Miekal, editor., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-00275-283
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: Catalogs (unprocessed)

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