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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5469 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of bill bissett / curry, jw., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20323-20720
Scope and Contents

Highly stylized rendering of portrait. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Portrait of Celia Mitchell / Furnival, John., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-28600-29889
Scope and Contents

The edition size is unknown. This print is depicted on page 142 of Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocartive Cases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Portrait of d.a. levy / curry, jw., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20324-20721
Scope and Contents

Adapted from photograph in ukanhacyrfuckincitibak and used for recto of litryscrip No.5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Portrait of Father / Hurrell, Bill., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-44657-46821
Scope and Contents

Bill Hurrell is the alter-ego of Tom Phillips. The name is based upon William H[urrell] Mallock, the author of "A Human Document," upon which Phillips' "A Humument" is based. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Portrait of Frank Zappa / curry, jw., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20341-20738
Scope and Contents

Homage taken from photograph on Hot Rats and used for recto of litryscrip No.4. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Portrait of Marvin Sackner / Kreloff, Marty; DeCampos A., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-07881-8035
Scope and Contents

This painting, based upon photographic images of Marvin Sackner, was given to him as a surprise during a party celebrating his retirement as Director of Medical Services, Mount Sinai Medical Center. In the background is a reproduction of a concrete poem by Augusto De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Portrait of Nicky Drumbolis / curry, jw., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-20317-20714
Scope and Contents

This drawing was used for recto of litryscrip No.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Portrait of Robert Rehfeldt by Christian Borchert] / Rehfeldt, Robert., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-03181-3230
Scope and Contents

The card is a photographic reproduction of Robert Rehfeldt standing in front of the mail art collection in his house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Portrait of Robin Crozier, 1974

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (3 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491347]
Identifier: CC-17711-18080
Scope and Contents

This sound poem depicts an figurative image of abstract markings that are titled as a portrait of Robin Crozier, a mail artist living in England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

[Portrait of Salman Rushdie (AK)] / Phillips, Tom., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04470-4555
Scope and Contents

The print is a realistic portrait of the writer, Salman Rushdie, under a death sentence by the Ayatollah Kumani for writing the book, Satanic Verses. The initials AK (Ayatollah Kumani) are branded on Rushdie's forehead. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Portrait of the Artist as Impish Curmudgeon / Michals, Duane., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-59826-10002875
Scope and Contents

This is a review of the exhibition "Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals" at the Carnegie Museum of Art by Richard Woodward. The Sackner Archive contains a family portrait by Duane Michals titled "The Bus Stop." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

Portrait Pulmonaire, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-16316-16666
Scope and Contents

de Charmoy's rubberstamped image of the shape of human lungs surrounding a colored photographic reproduction of a laboratory heart-lung preparation, was created by repetitively overstamping with red inked, leaf and flower images. They serve as a visual metaphor of breathing in the animal and plant kingdoms. The realistic image of the isolated heart-lung laboratory preparation provides a sharp contrast to the delicate appearance of the rubberstamped lungs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Portrait / Taylor, Kent., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48695-69727
Scope and Contents

The photograph depicts Kent Taylor, his wife and son. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Portraits of Klaus Zylla and Peter Wawerzinek / Gunther, Thomas., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-10636-10845
Scope and Contents

Consists of photographic portraits of the Austrian artist, Zylla, and the German writer, Wawerzinek. The portrait of Zylla is overlaid with a printed poem by Gunther. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Post Industrial New York City / Osowski, FnL., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-36583-38388
Scope and Contents

The images accompanying the text are about the industrial scenes of the city. The authors are Francis Osowski and Leonie aka Catherine Bourbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999