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Provides listing of all books in print and out of print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In addition to artist biographies, the catalogue lists book-related resources including collections, presses, catalogues, publications, organizations, bookstores, and supplies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was curated by Jack M. Ginsberg and David M. Paton and was divided into two sections: International Artists' Books and Book-Objects and South African Artists' Books and Book-Objects. Ginsberg contributed a personal essay on collecting artists' books and the nature of the book. A bibliography, complete index and a list of exhibitions are included. The catalogue consists of an annotated listing of books and book objects without illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition was curated by Judith K. Brodsky and Edward H. Hutchins who each contributed an introductory essay. The books were mainly sculptural in construction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was curated by Gloria Helfgott. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Mention is made that several artists' books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This catalogue is described on the back cover as follows: "Artists' books have emerged over the last twenty-five years as one of the most engaging contemporary art forms, addressing subjects from poetry to politics, incorporating a full spectrum of artistic media and bookmaking methods, and taking every conceivable form. Female painters, sculptors, calligraphers, and printmakers have played a primary role in developing this new mode of artistic expression. The Book as Art presents more than one hundred of the finest artists' books culled from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. These exquisitely crafted objects are certain to provoke unexpected and surprising conclusions about what constitutes a book." In her essay, "The Brightest Heaven of Invention" curator Krystyna Wasserman writes, "Among private collections, The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Achives of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami, Florida, has been a source of continual revelation and several...

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This exhibition was curated by Carol Barton and Henry Barrow. An image of Susan Grant's bookwork "The Wink, The Kiss, The Slap," held by the Sackner Archive is reproduced in catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a proposal for exhibition organized by Carol Barton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was designed to teach children about possibilities for their own creative expression in book form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Provides both an historic background and a contemporary assessment of the Artist Book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.