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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.

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This catalogue was produced in conjunction with the exhibition at Ubu Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is anthology of writings by German Dadaists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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

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

Scope and Contents This exhibition catalogue of selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection is organized into four sections: Design and the Avant-Garde; Design and Commerce; Design and Social Change; Design and Politics. In addition to Yale, the catalogue was published by Willliams College of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Berman's collection is the premier graphic design collection of the 20th century works in the United States. In her introductory essay, "Writing a History," Maud Lavin points out that Berman collected with aggression and dedication for twenty years starting in 1975, shaping the history of graphic design during the period when the scholarly field of design history was emerging. Berman viewed graphic design works as objects of art, politics and cultural history. His collection "covers innovative design used in the politics of everyday life, in persuading consumers, in propagating for political causes, in redesigning ever-industrializing cultures, in papering...

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Edited by Hanne Bergius, Norbert Miller and Karl Riha. Cover of issue one of "Der Dada" by Baader and R. Hausmann, held by the Sackner Archive is reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the catalogue of the Alpha Presse which specializes in artist installations, artists books, illustrated books, and book objects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue doocuments the first major retrospective of Hausmann's work for the exhibition that was shown in the three countries in which Hausmann lived, France, Germany and Spain (Ibiza). Several scholary essays are included in the catalogue tracing his early years as a Dadaist, collages and photomontages, the photographic works, sound poetry, abstract paintings and later Dada works. Chistopher Phillips essay, "In the Chaotic Cave of the Mouth," describes Hausmann's sound poems, which are considered "among the most difficult and perplexing" of this "recondite genre." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.