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 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

19th and 20th Century and Contemporary Prints / Sotheby's ; Klee P ; Masson A ; Picasso P ; Johns J ; Dubuffet J ; Rauschenberg R ; Lichtenstein R ; Twombly C., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-30266-31675
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased Rauschenberg's artist book, Opal Gospel, at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

A Collection of Dada Art / Sotheby's ; Arp H ; Baader J ; Baargeld J ; Albert-Birot P ; Blumenfeld E ; Bortynik S ; Brown B ; Citroen P ; Crotti J ; cummings ee ; VanDoesburg T ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Fraenkel T ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Heartfeld J ; Hoch H ; Itten J ; Janco M ; Kassak L ; Picabia F ; Prampolini E ; Ray M ; Ribemont-Dessaignes G ; Rozanova O ; Schwitters K ; Steiglitz A ; Tzara T ; Wood B ; DeZayas M ; Richter H ; Schwarz A ; Mehring W ; Berman M ; Duchamp S., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-30264-31672
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. Arturo Schwarz contributed an introductory essay about the works being auctioned from a Swiss collector that were formerly in his collection. The Sackners purchased Bob Brown's drawing, "My Head in the Clouds-Calligram," at this auction. The complete set of the thirteen Duchamp Ready-mades that were produced by Arturo Schwarz in 1964 were offered at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Art at Auction 1997-1998 / Sotheby's ; Nauman B ; Basquiat JM ; Apollinaire G ; Apianus P., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31395-32882
Scope and Contents

Petrus Apianus' illustrated book, "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540) is depicted and described. The Sackner Archive holds a facsimile edition of this work. The catalogue entry of this original masterpiece states: "This copy is a magnificent example of 16th-century bookmaking. The Astronomicum Caesareum contains a broad analysis of Ptolemaic astronomy and is notable for Apianus's pioneering observations on comets, particularly his discovery that comets always point their tails away from the sun. The elaborate folio includes more than 100 woodcut and typographic diagrams, vignettes and illustrations in the text, many with movable type." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Contemporary Art / Sotheby's ; Paolozzi E ; Warhol A ; Berman W ; Arman ; deCointet G ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Johns J ; Rauschenberg R ; Ray M ; Ruscha E., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-30267-31676
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased Wallace Berman's "Composition" (c.1960) at this auction. George Segal's multiple, "Girl on a Chair" (1970), a work held by the Sackners, was offered at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Dance - Theater - Opera - Music Hall / Sotheby's ; Larionov M ; Goncharova N ; Bakst L ; Cocteau J., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-30270-31679
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased Goncharova and Larionov's portfolio, "L'Art Decoratif Theatrale Moderne (1919) from this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Highly Important Judaica Printed Books and Manuscripts: Volume 1 / Sotheby's., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-30272-31681
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Important Hebraica: Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts / Sotheby's., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-30276-31685
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts / Sotheby's., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-30274-31683
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. This works were offered from the collection of David Solomon Sassoon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Italian Futurist Photographs / Sotheby's ; Depero F ; Farfa ; Munari B ; Tato., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-30269-31678
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. This collection was assembled by Giovanni Lista. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

No.1309: Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture / Sotheby's ; Samaras L ; Grosz G ; Ray M ; Arp J ; Dubuffet J ; LeWitt S ; Arakawa ; Warhol A ; Tobey M ; Dole W ; Bauermeister M ; Lichtenstein R ; Kosuth J., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02446-2486
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. Lucas Samarus object "I Love To Cut" (item 464) was purchased by the Sackner archive from this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Post War and Contemporary Art / Sotheby's ; Phillips T ; Ben ; Arakawa ; Rotella M ; Fahlstrom O ; Dubuffet J ; Klein Y ; Manzoni P ; Tapies A ; Uecker G., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02449-2489
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. Two works in this auction by Tom Phillips, "The Calligrapher Replies" and "Conjectured Picture 11" were acquired by Sackner Archive. Correct titles of these paintings as listed in the Sackner Archive are "Letter Picture, Diamond" and "Mappin Art Gallery Conjectured Picture (ref, no.11)," respectively. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art / Sotheby's ; Uldaltsova N ; Rodchenko A ; Bruskin G ; Kopystiansky S ; Kopystiansky I ; Kabakov I., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-30268-31677
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. At this auction, Uldaltsova watercolor and gouache, constructivist drawings, ranging in size from 19 x 20 cm to 24 x 22 cm, bought $20,000 to $35,000. An Uldaltsova constructivistic drawing, 36 x 24 cm in size, is held by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Russian Avant Garde; Pictures from the Collection Formed By George Costakis / Sotheby's ; Exter A ; Kliun I ; Popova L ; Malevich K ; Lodder C ; Puni I ; Rodchenko A ; Malevich K., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02444-2484
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The book includes a long introductory essay on the life of Costakis, the collector and his relation to the works in his collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990