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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

Tropten / Saito, Takako., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-02317-2357
Scope and Contents

Wikipedia: Takako Saito is a Japanese artist, born in Sabae-Shi, Fukui Province in Japan in 1929. Closely associated with Fluxus, the international collective of avant-garde artists that was active primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, Saito contributed a number of performances and artworks to the movement, which continue to be exhibited in Fluxus exhibitions to the present day. She currently lives in Dusseldorf in Germany. She is most famous for pieces like Silent Music or for her disrupted Chess sets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

[Trust Houses Forte] / Petasz, Pawel., 1986

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Identifier: CC-58244-51318
Scope and Contents

Includes the cover design for Rubber Condom Vol.III that was never editioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Tun Katun Baktun / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08837-9012
Scope and Contents

Title signifies Mayan periods of time; this work is a variant on the dot-dash system of counting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Turnings / Tanner, Joan., 1992

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Identifier: CC-01385-1418
Scope and Contents

This is an exhibition of a book published by the Turkey Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Twas Brillig / Siff, Elena Mary., 1991

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Identifier: CC-02487-2528
Scope and Contents

The theme relates to a passage from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Twenty-five Years Ago Today / Lyons, Joan., 1998

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Identifier: CC-32587-34168
Scope and Contents

The contents of a wallet, lost by Lyons in 1972 and found in 1997, were photographed and reproduced in this book with a description at the top and bottom borders of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Twenty-six Letters, 1998

 Item — Box 293: [Barcode: 31858072460730]
Identifier: CC-32093-33630
Scope and Contents

The book was designed, printed and handbound by Johnson. The illustrations, based on the original style of Thomas Tenniel, the original illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, were recreated by Yvonne van Rietschoten. The letters were written by Lewis Carroll a.k.a. C.L. Dodgson and printed with a computor by the author. Twenty-six letters were chosen addressed to 26 people in alphabetical order of their first name. Each letter of the alphabet with an illustration is printed on the outside of each envelope page. This book was awarded the Bienes Book prize at the Broward County public library. Marvin Sackner served as one of three jurors in this selection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Twisting Silence , 1991

 Item — Box 322: [Barcode: 31858072490885]
Identifier: CC-23541-23986
Scope and Contents

This book commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition was created utilizing a trade edition book as a support structure. Barron composed poems and utilized poems from other poets along with found text. She placed them in the layers of the book, e.g.,"Twisting silence into words, my shrouded shadow sucked deep of a breath of emptiness, to shriek into its own ear," (S.B.) "what have you done to the garden that was entrusted to you?" (A. Machado) and "Breathe in a mouthful of dust..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[two hundred}200 Books: An Annotated Bibliography / Smith, Keith A. ; McCarney S ; Williams J., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34568-36267
Scope and Contents

This annotated bibliography is written by Smith and includes descriptions and illustrations of his entire works. Smith writes a personal note to the Sackners stating that "this bibliography will give you an overall view of my work.: -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Two Left No Right Shoe Shine But Red-On Feetbook Go Forever: An Homage For Bob Kaufman, 1986

 Item — Box 142: [Barcode: 31858072457959]
Identifier: CC-40506-42478
Scope and Contents

This book was done to commemorate the death of Bob Kaufmann, a fellow communist poet who lived in the North Beach section of San Francisco and was a good friend of Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Typographics. No.1 / Mahoney R ; Hyde K ; Warwicker J ; Holden J ; Bassett R ; Shanks R ; Crisp DG ; Sloy ; Brody N ; Banham S ; Queneau R., 1995

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Identifier: CC-01695-1731
Scope and Contents

Designed by Karen Wilks and edited by Lucy Rix, this book surveys work from the 90s. It is divided into four sections, viz., Type as Composition: designing with words; Type Plus: the alliance of type and imagery; Type as Text: typography as a medium for the reader and writer; Type Itself: recent font designs. A poster by Edward Fella is reproduced in opposition to Neville Brody's typographic magazine, "Fuse." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

U / Caruso, Luciano., 1987 - 1988

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Identifier: CC-19443-19826
Scope and Contents

A sheet of translucent tissue paper with abstract shapes of inked calligraphic markings is glued to each page that has underlying printing or writing on it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987 - 1988

Uber Texduren und Wortgebilde / Kluge, Jana., 1995

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Identifier: CC-29544-30912
Scope and Contents

This book offers a selection of collages and poem objects by Kluge to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995