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Visual/verbal

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2130 Collections and/or Records:

Ouviver a Musica / Correa de Oliveira, Willy., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-18574-18946
Scope and Contents

Correa de Oliveira's letter to Kenelm Cox explains the performance of his experimental music score, "Ouviver a Musica." Its name, given by Decio Pignatari, means to listen (ouvir), to live (viver), to see (ver). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

P & A, 2006

 Item — Box 291: [Barcode: 31858072460706]
Identifier: CC-46062-48770
Scope and Contents

The hand crafted tiles are crafted of plaster finished to a porcelian-like quality , cracked to create an aged look and feel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Paar / Schmidt SJ., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-04353-4434
Scope and Contents

Includes reproduction of Schmidt's sculpture, "Dialog der Steine der Weisen" (1986) that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Page 221 from Amerika / Rollins, Tim + K.O.S., 1987 - 1990

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Identifier: CC-03379-3433
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a leaf-like, gold image with an narrow orifice superimposed on a page of text (p.221) from the novel, Amerika. The text reads in part ..."she rushed up the stairs, gasping for air, her mouth wide opened... The leaf- like image might be construed as a metaphor for respiration in the plant world and the narrow orifice as restriction to breathing causing "gasping for air." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987 - 1990

[Page from Sketchbook] / Furnival, John., 1962

 Item
Identifier: CC-13244-13545
Scope and Contents

Depicts a simplified drawing of a landscape along with a weather forcast. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

[Page From Sketchbook] / Peterson, Robert; Basquiat JM., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-04373-4455
Scope and Contents

According to Peter Kruty who published this print labeled A.P. but the only image printed, the work was commissioned by the Bjorn Olsson Gallery for an opening of Peterson's work. Twenty-five copies were returned to Kruty and Peterson for their own use - presumably the Sackner print was one of the 25 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Paintings] / Letoublin, Martine., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44709-46875
Scope and Contents

The artist is a friend of Laurent Berman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Paintings / Lewty, Simon., 1991

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Identifier: CC-07233-7375
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Anne Berthoud. Mention is made of a painting entitled "Of Ancient Breathing," a work commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991