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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2490 Collections and/or Records:

My Dolly and Me / Lotz, Renate., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-33116-34742
Scope and Contents

The drawings, that are bound into this book, consist of stylized, line drawings of upright, cylindrical figures with different animal heads. In some drawings, areas are highlighted with red watercolor or red colored pencil marks; others have cartoon bubbles with text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

My Frankenstein / Corris, Michael ; Reinhardt A., 1992

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Identifier: CC-19677-20064
Scope and Contents

The text and images are printed as dark grays or blacks on black such that their reading is made difficult. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

my pet concertinas, 1988

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-48234-69258
Scope and Contents

The booklet with the 26 treated pages has an abstract line drawing on its cover, the booklet with 69 treated pages has the roman numeral "II" on its cover with the title "Les Tres Riches Heures de Fleur." The first booklet describes and illustrates trips to Kenya, Verona, Dusseldorf with Phillips' assistant/bookbinder Pella Erskine Tulloch. He also describes and illustrates her musical tastes. The first sketch of her portrait appears on one of the pages; the Sackner Archive holds the completed painted portrait. In the booklet with 69 treated pages (concertina II), Phillips mentions drawing and painting Pella's portrait and comments on his own activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

My Summer Vacation / curry, jw., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-36723-38546
Scope and Contents

The mailing envelope is addressed to curry's parents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

My Trip to N.Y.C. / Sackner, Sara., 1977

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Identifier: CC-29931-31322
Scope and Contents

This humorous photographic diary was made by Sara on April 23rd, 1977, on a day she met her parents and visited art galleries in Manhattan with them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

My Twelve Steps / Martin, Emily., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29017-30353
Scope and Contents

The single page is folded 12 times so that when the book is opened and the two strings attached to the pages are pulled, it expands into a step-like appearance. Each step is printed with the author's philosophy, e.g., you can't make me be both parents, you can't keep secrets from me, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Nach "Innen" Fliesend / Elfen, Fria., 1983 - 1984

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Identifier: CC-14408-14717
Scope and Contents

Letters from the title, "Innen," are drawn in varying colors in the center of each translucent page to creat a densely layered rendering of the word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983 - 1984

Names & Poems / Mirra, Helen., 1999

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Identifier: CC-35697-37447
Scope and Contents

One page consists of reproduced typewritten names of persons who visited Mirra's sculptural installation and the facing page a typed minimalist poem in response to the name. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

[National Geographic] / Leftwich, Jim., 2001

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Identifier: CC-36965-38798
Scope and Contents

This book is a combination of visual poems, philosophical musings, abstract drawings, calligraphic markings and found poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001