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Straus, Austin, 1939-2017

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939-06-12 - 2017-07-20

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alphabet Symphony #1 / Straus, Austin., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-02858-2901
Scope and Contents

None of the lettered elements in this varied colored collage form a recognizable word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Intimitations of Infinity: An Homage to Mark Tobey / Straus, Austin ; Tobey M., 1992 - 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-27500-28550
Scope and Contents

Each drawing is affixed to the right hand side of the black paper page. Straus produces a dazzling display of drawings in the spirit of the American abstract expressionist/calligraphic painter, Mark Tobey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992 - 1993

Rosetta Speaks / Straus, Austin., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29352-30714
Scope and Contents

Presented to the Sackners by Straus at the "Dual Muse" Symposium, St. Louis, 1997. The image on the recto is a collage by Austin Straus titled "Rosetta Speaks." The poem on the verso is titiled "Red" and is also designated Collage #8. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Poet as a Jewish Mother, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-02246-2286
Scope and Contents

All pages of this book are rubberstamped with different colored inks and the text consists of common expressions that would be expected from the title. The arrangement of the words is wildly frenetic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Untitled] / Straus, Austin., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-28555-29840
Scope and Contents

The image has a graffetti-like appearance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993