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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2490 Collections and/or Records:

Horizons: The Alphabet Project. No.3 / Diane Samuels., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28945-30276
Scope and Contents

Samuels discusses how she made the Alphabet Project. A unique book with the same title and content is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Horndeski Sampler # 1, 1993

 Item — Box 89: [Barcode: 31858072538188]
Identifier: CC-09590-9781
Scope and Contents

This work was commissioned by the Sackner Archive to include a sampler of Horndeski's work. The theme is a couple who appear on the top of the box reading in their library with the sky outside their windows reminiscent of Van Gough's Starry Night. The top of the box depicts a fragment of a music score by Vivaldi and the sides calligraphic text and diagrams on Michaelson's theory of light and distance; all paintings are landscapes that relate to the couple's activities near their house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Household Hints, 1980

 Item — Box 192: [Barcode: 31858072459625]
Identifier: CC-19883-20271
Scope and Contents

Deals with practices that make for a neat household. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Howling from the Woodland Leave Whole / And, Miekal., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-26031-26493
Scope and Contents

The bookbinding makes this copy unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Human Documents: Tom Phillips's Art of the Page / Phillips, Tom ; Sackner MA ; Traister D., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04487-4572
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Daniel Traister who contributed a critical essay. Marvin Sackner wrote the preface, "Humumentism": The Works and Ideas of Tom Phillips. Sackner coined a word, "Humumentism" to signify the art form of Tom Phillips, one that intregrates humanistic activities through individual creative thought that falls outside the current popular conception of artistic presentations. This is a varient copy with a yellow rather than red border on the cover. The works to the exhibition were lent by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Huzzah: Ita Page of Arrowglyhs / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-33456-35098
Scope and Contents

The background for the chalk hieroglyphics in both sides of this painted book object is reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock drip painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Hystorian, 1992

 Item — Box 96: [Barcode: 31858072538113]
Identifier: CC-08288-8451
Scope and Contents

The title is a pun on "his;" feminine form; truth elusive. Clio, the muse of history, is the shadow-like figure in the collages. The book containing the collages is supported on the hanger structure. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

I Love You Like a Sister / Lopez, Erica., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-07650-7795
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1995

I Mean You Know, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-07289-7432
Scope and Contents

Near the title page, special thanks are printed mentioning Ruth and Marvin Sackner and others for their support of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

I Mean You Know, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-07410-7554
Scope and Contents

Near the title page, special thanks are printed mentioning Ruth and Marvin Sackner and others for their support of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

I Never Promised You A Cheeseburger, 1981

 Item — Box 129: [Barcode: 31858072457892]
Identifier: CC-57595-51906
Scope and Contents

This work is an unlabeled box with unbound but numbered page scut in the form of an ellipse. Margarita Deidra Pietri is the Literary Administrator of Pietri's estate. His papers are held by Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021 (212-772-4197) including material related to 'I Never Promised You a Cheeseburger.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981