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Wolf, Anna

 Person

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Big Letter Labyrinth / Wolf, Anna., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-00498-510
Scope and Contents

This drawing was reproduced in Calligraphy Review 1992; Vol. 9: No.2: 52-55 in an exhibition review, written by Elizabeth Gand, of her show at Meridan Gallery, San Francisco. It was mistakingly entitled "Black Letter Labyrinth" in the review. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Homage to James Joyce / Wolf, Anna., 1993

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Identifier: CC-00519-532
Scope and Contents

Wolf's drawing, "Homage to James Joyce" was reproduced in Letter Arts Review Vol.11 No.3 as contributions to in their Seventh Annual Competition in the Singular Works category. Commenting on this work," Wolf writes, "In my pieces, I try to parallel visually the verbal structure of various texts, though not necessarily spelling out the actual words. This piece suggests the often incomprehensibility of Joyce's text, of comprehensibility only fo the "initiated." About "1001 Nights," she states, "The piece capture the flavor of the exotic Arabian fairy tales." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Hong Kong Tales, 1996

 Item — Box 129: [Barcode: 31858072457892]
Identifier: CC-00677-693
Scope and Contents

Wolf writes that "the Asian appearance of the text is created by overprinting a German text, inspired by stories told by the artist's German speaking son, who lives as a journalist in Hong Kong." Five distinct, folded booklets are fastened to the front (black) and back (red) covers; there is no spine. The book is wrapped with 2 colored paper tapes which are held by the long wooden stick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Numbers Bookmobile / Wolf, Anna ; Schapiro, Miriam., 1993

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Identifier: CC-58053-10001299
Scope and Contents

The book structure was done by Anna Wolf in her typical style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Our Best Wishes for a Happy New Year / Wolf, Anna; Wolf, Arne., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28820-30138
Scope and Contents

The words are printed in silver ink on a blue paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Out of 1001 Nights / Wolf, Anna., 1993

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Identifier: CC-00520-533
Scope and Contents

About "1001 Nights," Wolf stated in Letter Arts Review Vol.11 No.3, "The piece captures the flavor of the exotic Arabian fairy tales." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

[Photographs Artworks] / Wolf, Anna., 2001

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Identifier: CC-55292-9999048
Scope and Contents

These photographs depict a sampling of Wolf's works and are annotated on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

The Message Reads in a Clockwise Spiral Startin at the Center / Wolf, Arne; Wolf, Anna., 1993

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Identifier: CC-00551-564
Scope and Contents

The cards are assembled in a square like a jig-saw puzzle to form the Holiday greetings from the Wolfs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

When Word's Meaning Is in Their Look / Cotter, Holland; Drucker J; Hirschman J; Wolf A; McVarish E; Straus A; Bernstein C; Bee S; Scher P; Seagram B; Freeman B; Goswell J; Licko Z; Fella E; Ligorano N; Reese M; Burke B; Lehrer W; Meador C; Laxson R; Kellner T; Weiner L., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31028-32489
Scope and Contents

Cotter reviews "The Next Word" at the Neuberger Museum of Art to which the Sackner Archive lent 25 books and pictures. Several of the works from the Archive are specifically described in the article including a manuscript by Jack Hirschman, a drawing by Anne Wolf, Emily McVarish's pasted-up words locked inside a metal frame, Paula Scher's "Opinionated Map: Central and South America" in which every inch on the Southern Hemisphere that is jammed with critical annotationt. "Elsewhere, the printed text, often taking a cue from advertising, comes to the fore. Blair Seagram's 'U Temp est Us' uses a sleek sans-serif type, offbeat spacing and shifting character sizes to hide phrases within other phrases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

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Concrete poetry 4
Calligraphic text 3
Labyrinth 3
Letter picture 3
Artist book 2