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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

 Person

Biographical / Historical

b. 1911; physicist & methodology specialist

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

11x30. No.2 / Porter B., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-13444-13746
Scope and Contents

Edited by Joel Lipman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Art Productions 1928-1965 / Porter, Bern., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-44598-46757
Scope and Contents

The book reproduces a compendium of Porter's oeuvre. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Art Productions 1928-1965 / Porter, Bern., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-04167-4246
Scope and Contents

The book reproduces a compendium of Porter's oeuvre. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Art Techniques, 1944

 Item
Identifier: CC-04383-4465
Scope and Contents

This book documents Porter's work in photography, photograms, typography, book design, print, collage, and sculpture. Most of the images are photographs of abstract images with wide application of the "Rayogram" technique. One page consists of a "bio-bibliographic" map depicting the career of James Joyce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1944

Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-04166-4245
Scope and Contents

The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pitttore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-44597-46756
Scope and Contents

The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pittore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Bern Porter Issue Two: Ghost Writers / Crozier, Robin, editor; Porter B., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-18880-19258
Scope and Contents

Each contributor produced a page using one of the letters in Bern Porter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Blue List / Crozier, Robin ; Baroni V ; Porter B ; Petasz P ; Lacy S ; Sarenco ; Kocman JH ; Minkoff G ; Jackson L ; Perfetti M ; Milliken DP ; Fish P ; Cavellini GA., 1978

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Identifier: CC-19206-19589
Scope and Contents

This was compiled from works exhibited at the Galleri Sudurgata, Reykjavik, Iceland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Books from Maine / Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance ; Porter B ; Beltrametti F ; Higgins D., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-05847-5957
Scope and Contents

This edition of the publication is dedicated to Bern Porter and includes a listing of books written by and illustrated by him as well as a book of photographs by S. Wells, "Bug: Bern Porter in New York," and Porter's film and video "Earum Magnus," which was directed by D. Higgins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

CRCNCL / Porter, Bern ; Wakest, Liaizon ; Gillespie AL., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-48891-69928
Scope and Contents

This second edition of the book has been digitized and the images are now colored in contrast to the b&w photocopies in the first edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Dieresis, 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-59657-52169
Scope and Contents

This book consists of mostly unrelated, b&w photographs, one to each page, probalby taken from magazines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Ear Magazine East: 10th Anniversary Special Issue. No.1-2 / Cage J ; Anderson B ; Gibson J ; Porter B ; Friedman K ; LaBarbara J ; Frank P ; Knowles A ; Gordon C ; Adorno O ; Paik NJ ; Hayman R ; Curtay JP ; Johnson T ; Gerlovina R ; Tragtenberg L ; McCaffery S ; MacLow J ; Gerlovin V ; Neuhaus M., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-13938-14243
Scope and Contents

This issue presents a world-wide survey of avant garde music scores with documentation by the composers that forms a logical sequel to Cage's book "Notations" Something Else Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983