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Hands on News: A Copy/Book/Art/Project / Olbrich, Jurgen O.., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-32253-33813

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Scope and Contents

The book consists of magazine covers and pages for popular consumption printed by a large German printing plant. The workers hands were photocopied by Olbrich who then overlaid the hands on this material to create pages in a book. The book itself is placed within the frame with a matting of crumpled paper from the pages and covers produced in the printing plant. The cover of the cardboard box container has a photocopied print of two hands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 assemblage + hard cover book + 104 pages (photocopied colored) in covers (cardboard) + dust jacket (vinyl, photocopied color) + frame (metal, glass) + box (cardboard) + box cover (photocopied print)) ; frame 43 x 31 x 3 cm + box 44 x 33 x 4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

portfolio sh 19

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Kassel, Germany : Jurgen Olbrich. Nationality of creator: German. General: 120 copies of 130 total copies. 41 number copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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