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Typewriter art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Metacubus (1/12/77), 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-21156-21565
Scope and Contents

Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. This drawing is reproduced in his book held by the Sackner Archive, "Ein Leben in Zeichen." In this book, it is dated 1977/1983 and shows minor differences from the original. This typing (1/12/77) and the prepatory drawings (30/11/77) and (29/11/77) are framed together. This work was purchased from the Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and mrked the first typewriter piece purchased by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

[Untitled] (29/11/77) / Basset, Klaus., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-21157-21566
Scope and Contents

Dated 29/11/77 (u.l.) and 30/11/77 (t.c.). This work consists of two independent drawings on sheets of graph paper and features 24 geometric images, two of which served as studies for typewriter drawings held in the Sackner Archive. Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. Untitled preparatory ink drawing dated 29/11/77, the typing Metacubus (1/12/77) and Untitled (30/11/77) are framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Ziffernkontakte, 1976

 Item — Box 330: [Barcode: 31858072490968]
Identifier: CC-20875-21284
Scope and Contents

Also designated as Buch 2. In this book, all the images on 18 of the pages are formed from typewritten numbers. Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976