Brecht, George, 1926-2008
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 August 27 - 2008 December 5
Nationality
American
Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:
A Selection of Books for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair / Goldwasser, Thomas A. ; Dorny B ; Brecht G ; cummings ee ; Ginsberg A ; Jones D ; Joyce J ; Penrose R ; Pynchon T ; Samaras L., 2000
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Identifier: CC-34126-35808
Addenda to No.14A / Lure ; General Idea ; Lax R ; Roth D ; Saito T ; Baldessari J ; Brecht G ; Filliou R ; Hutchins A ; Levine L ; Ruscha E ; Spoerri D ; Weiner L., 1993
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Identifier: CC-07430-7574
Allais Honfleur Ring Satierik / Joel Hubaut, curator ; Brecht G ; Conz F ; Corner P ; Descossy G ; Donguy J ; Dreyfus C ; Dupuy J ; Hains R ; Halbert J ; Hansen A ; Hendricks G ; Jones J ; Kaprow A ; Knizak M ; Maciunas G ; Moorman C ; Patterson B ; Satie E ; Schneemann C ; Ben ; Watts B ; Williams E ; Andersen E ; Ferrer E ; Johnson T ; Pineau C ; Pineau J ; Serge III ; Spoerri D ; Dietman E ; Labelle-Rojoux A ; Xatrec C., 1998
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Identifier: CC-30976-32434
Scope and Contents
Includes a page noting the CD of Anabelle Hubaut, Joel's daughter along with a three statement by Joel Hubaut. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1998
Ample Food for Stupid Thought / Filliou, Robert; Brecht G; Spoerri D; Arman; Burroughs WS; DiPrima D; Christo; Gysin B; Higgins D; Kaprow A; Johnson R; Jones J; Knowles A; MacLow J; Paik NJ; Patterson B; Roth D., 1965
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Identifier: CC-11310-11526
Scope and Contents
The texts consist of questions put to the reader, e.g. " Did it all happen suddenly? / Where do we go from here ? / What are you afraid of ? / Is life wonderful ? Why should you pay less when you can pay more ? etc "The set comes w. the title and subtitle file card, plus a masthead card, and two cards w. introductions by Daniel Spoerri, Arman, Kichka Baticheff, George Brecht, William Burroughs, Christo, Diane di Prima, Brion Gysin, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Ray Johnson, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, John Herbert McDowell, Jackson Mac Low, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, Diter Rot and James Waring. Each card contains a short, unanswerable question. The edition consisted of 500 postcard sets of which 104 were presented in a wooden box, 396 without a box, and 492 in book format. This copy is the card set without a box. This publication has the same theme and similar presentation to Jochin Gerz's "Berkeley Oracle" an exhibition catalogue held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of...
Dates:
1965
An Anthology [flyer], 1963
Item — Box 292: [Barcode: 31858072460714]
Identifier: CC-50815-71893
Scope and Contents
This object is an announcement card for the publication of "An Anthology." According to 6 Decades Books: LaMonte Young devised this extraordinary pop-up multiple as a prepublication announcement for An Anthology of Chance Operations, the book he co-published with Jackson MacLow in 1963. An Anthology of Chance Operations was designed by George Maciunas and includes work by Young and Mac Low, along with George Brecht, John Cage, Terry Riley, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Henry Flynt, Walter De Maria, Nam June Paik, Dieter Rot, Robert Morris, Al Hansen, and others. The publication is a compendium of the era's dada-inflected avant-garde represented by a collection of works in which traditional boundaries between music, writing, art, and theater were discarded in favor of an aesthetics based ideas, actions, and ephemerality. The book is widely regarded as the high point publication of the Fluxus movement and a founding document of contemporary art. Young created a few dozen copies of the...
Dates:
1963
An Introduction to Book of the Tumbler on Fire , 1978
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Identifier: CC-23789-24237
Scope and Contents
Edited by Henry Martin. "This Sentence is Weightless," a multiple held by the Sackner Archive is reproduced on page 60. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1978
Art Games: Die Schachteln der Fluxuskunstler: Sohm Dossier 1 / Ina Conzen, curator ; Ay-O ; Berner J ; Beuys J ; Brecht G ; Filliou R ; Flynt H ; Friedman K ; Hansen A ; Hendricks G ; Higgins D ; Hompson DD ; Hutchins A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Maciunas G ; Oldenburg C ; Ono Y ; Roth D ; Saito T ; Schmit T ; Schneemann C ; Vostell W ; Watts R ; Williams E ; Young L ; Andersen E ; Fine AM ; Gerstner K ; Jones J ; Koepcke A ; Kosugi T ; Miller L ; Mosset O ; Paik NJ ; Patterson B ; Reynolds J ; Riddle J ; Simonetti GE ; Spoerri D ; Thomkins A ; VanDerMarck J ; Ben., 1997
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Identifier: CC-30517-31945
Scope and Contents
This book lists and depicts the holdings of art games (mostly fluxus boxes) collected by Hans Sohm and now held by the Stuttgart Museum. Ina Conzen prepared this catalogue that is an excellent source book for such materials. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1997
Art of the 70's: Works of Reference[CR]Books & Multiples / Agius, Juan J. ; Beltrametti F ; Bonito-Oliva A ; Breakwell I ; Brecht G ; Caruso L ; Celant G ; Corre C ; Frank P ; Gosewitz L ; Kosuth J ; Nannucci M ; Rabascall J ; Ruscha E ; Sa A ; Schraenen G ; Sellem J ; Ulrichs T., 2003
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Identifier: CC-40979-42958
Artists Books: Letters And Jazz. No.13 / George Brecht ; Stefan Wewerka., 1983
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Identifier: CC-24916-25369
Scope and Contents
Stored on shelf with Hundertmark material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1983
Avant-Garde / Binoche et Godeau ; Martin-Malburet, Ursula ; Brecht G ; Picabia F ; Tzara T ; Zdanevich I ; Apollinaire G ; Aragon L ; Bayer H ; Breton A ; Duchamp M ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Artaud A ; Cangiullo F ; Ehrenburg I ; Heartfeld J ; Jarry A ; Kirsanov S ; Klucis G ; Kruchenykh A ; Nezval V ; Morpurgo N ; Roussel R ; Russolo L ; Schwitters K ; Tzara T ; Cendrars B ; Goncharova N ; Goll Y ; Desnos R ; Peret B., 1991
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Identifier: CC-23395-23837
Scope and Contents
Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1991
Avant-Garde des 100 Dernieres Annees / Binoche ; Martin-Malburet, Marc ; Apollinaire G ; Aschieri B ; Bayer H ; Berlewi H ; Brecht G ; Breton A ; Cangiullo F ; Casavola F ; Chernikov I ; Duchamp M ; Lissitzky E ; Goncharova N ; Hains R ; Villegle J ; Heartfeld J ; Huidobro V ; Jarry A ; Joyce J ; Kirsanov S ; Kruchenykh A ; Mayakovsky V ; Mallarme S ; Marinetti FT ; Picabia F ; Roussel R ; Rodchenko A ; Russolo L ; Seifert J ; Soupault P ; Steiner G ; Telingater S ; Tzara T ; Villon J., 1996
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Identifier: CC-28497-29774
Scope and Contents
Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1996