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King, Ron, 1932-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1932

Nationality

Brazilian (born), British (based)

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Ambiance of the Book, The: Recent Artistic Book Forms / Christie J ; Furnival J ; Williams J ; King R ; Paolozzi E ; Phillips T ; Roth D ; Tilson J ; Tyson I ; Williams E ; Cutts S ; Mayer HJ., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-24995-25448
Scope and Contents

Bluebeard's Castle by Ronald King, "Ein Deutsches Reqyiem - After Brahms" by Tom Phillips, "S.M.S." Issues No.1,3,4,5, "De Morandi" by Ian Tyson, and "Selected Shorter Poems" by Emmett Williams, which were exhibited, are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Anansi Company / King, Ron; Fisher, Roy., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-07954-8108
Scope and Contents

This book contains 13 highly stylized puppets made from bent stiff cooper wire and silkscreened papercard cut elements that are held in place on the pages with papercard folds. These can be removed and manipulated by pulling on the wires to produce movement of the wire and papercard elements. These puppets have a child-like, surrealistic sensibility and are magnificantly engineered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Boekmuseum Verzamelt, Een / Fisher R ; King R ; Campbell K ; Koehler R ; Crombie J., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-23613-24060
Scope and Contents

Exhibition consisted mainly of Dutch books with a smaller number of British books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Collect to Invest: Rebellious artists get all profitable / Windsor, John; Cobbing B; Finlay IH; King R; Tyson I; Ono Y; Upton L., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-28796-30107
Scope and Contents

The writer describes the scene at the London Artists' Book Fair at the Barbican Centre in November 1997. He stresses the increased appreciated value of artist books, particularly those done by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Bob Cobbing. Writing about Cobbing, he mentions that "His Domestic Ambient Noise" series, in collaboration with the visual poet Lawrence Upton, has run to 157 editions in the past three years. Their cost is 1 pound each or four for 5 pounds. Winsor states that "A rich collector in Miami [Marvin Sackner not identified!] and two assiduous London collectors have all 157." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Contemporary Artists' Books / King R ; Christie J ; Fisher R ; Tyson I ; Rothenberg J ; Cutts S ; Roth D ; Mayer HJ ; Williams E ; Phillips T ; MacLow J ; Furnival J., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-18524-18896
Scope and Contents

The presses listed in this catalog publishing artists' books include Circle Press, Coracle Press, Editions Alecto, Hansjorg Mayer, Marlborough Graphics, Waddington Galleries, Will and Sebastian Carter, World's End Press and Tetrad Press. Several books described in the catalog are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Cultures / Fisher, Roy; Tyson I; King R., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-11454-11670
Scope and Contents

Each print has a round shape; the clustered phrases are printed in a circular manner. The design is by Ian Tyson and production with Ron King at Circle press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Echo Book / King, Ron., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-08125-8286
Scope and Contents

The words ECHO BOOK are blind embossed on the cover and each page of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Echo Book / King, Ronald., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-31248-32718
Scope and Contents

Each page contains the words "book echo" and "echo book" on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996