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Conceptual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1033 Collections and/or Records:

A Man Climbs A Mountain Because It Is There A Man Makes a Work of Art because It Is Not There / Andre, Carl ; Cladders J., 1968

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Identifier: CC-51755-72855
Scope and Contents

This is Carl Andre's first one man show in a musem and his first catalogue. Johannes Cladders wrote the German text for the book object. All the English texts are in Andre's own handwriting and appear to be printed offset though another process might have been used. On the folder cover, Andre writes, "A man climbs a mountain because it is there. A man makes a work of art because it is not there." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose: Gertrude Jekyll, 1978

 Item — Box 190: [Barcode: 31858072459609]
Identifier: CC-12572-12804
Scope and Contents

Gertrude Jekyll was a leading designer of gardens. The rose of Gertrude Stein's well known poem can also be identified as the tip of the old-fashioned garden watering can. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing 1960-1980 / Clay, Steven ; Phillips, Rodney ; Zukofsky L ; Acconci V ; Ahern T ; Clark T ; And M ; Andre M ; Andrews B ; Antin D ; Rothenberg J ; Artaud A ; Bataille G ; Ferlinghetti L ; Bee S ; Beckett T ; Benson S ; Berge C ; Berkson B ; Porter B ; Bernstein C ; Berrigan T ; Spicer J ; bissett b ; Turnbull G ; Finlay IH ; Blazek D ; Blaser R ; Bockris V ; Bowering G ; Brainard J ; Brecht G ; Breton A ; Brown P ; Bukowski C ; Burke C ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; McCaffery S ; Schneemann C ; Jess ; Leary T ; Coolidge C ; Corman C ; Corner P ; Corso G ; Creeley R ; Crumb R ; levy da ; Dawson F ; Delaunay S ; Dennis D ; DiPalma R ; DiPrima D ; Doria C ; Dorn E ; Drucker J ; Duncan R ; Ehrenberg F ; Eigner L ; Elmslie K ; Eshleman C ; Federman R ; Fisher A ; Friedman E ; Furnival J ; Ganick P ; Gibbs M ; Ginsberg A ; Giorno J ; Grenier R ; Grossinger R ; Guss D ; Gysin B ; Harris DW ; Harwood L ; Heman B ; Herms G ; Higgins D ; Hitchcock G ; Hollo A ; Hornick L ; Howe F ; Hoyem A ; Jarry A ; Johns J ; Joyce J ; Kaufman B ; Kerouac J ; Kesey K ; Knowles A ; Koller J ; Kitasono K ; Kostelanetz R ; Lee A ; McClure M ; Maciunas G ; MacLow J ; Malanga G ; Malone K ; Matthews H ; Mayer B ; Merton T ; Meyer T ; Metcalf P ; Miller B ; Montgomery G ; Meltzer D ; Moore B ; Mottram E ; Morrow C ; Mottram E ; Mustill N ; Nations O ; Nichol bp ; Olson C ; Owen M ; Ott G ; Padgett R ; Patchen K ; Patterson B ; Pelieu C ; Perloff M ; Plymell C ; Porter B ; Quasha G ; Randall M ; Rauschenberg R ; Roth D ; Sanders E ; Saroyan A ; Scalapino L ; Schneeman G ; Schmit T ; Berman W ; Silliman R ; Souster R ; Spoerri D ; Stanley G ; Truck F ; Tzara T ; Veitch T ; Vostell W ; Weiner H ; Weiners J ; Williams E ; Williams J ; Winkfield T ; Wright J ; Young G ; Young L ; Schwerner A ; Johnson R ; Hirschman J., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31012-32473
Scope and Contents

This is an outstanding, profusely illustrated, review of small press poetry mags and books published in the U.S. and other countries during 1960-1980. These works were mainly produced by the mimeograph process. A great number of them are held by the Sackner Archive. The fold-out page contains a "Chronological Timeline of the Literary Underground, 1950-1980." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

a sejourne a marseille du 7 au 18 juillet 1993 / Brouwn, Stanley., 1993

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Identifier: CC-49656-70708
Scope and Contents

This card was given to the Sackners by Martine Buissart & Norbert Fuffort who commissioned this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

A Selection of the Editor's Productions / Didier, Michele, editor ; Andre C ; Barry R ; Bronson AA ; Gillick L ; Grigley J ; Kawara O ; Marclay C ; Monk J ; Muntadas A ; Ruppersberg A ; Smith Josh ; Wool C., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52431-73557
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds two of the publications presented in this catalogue, Carl Andre's "American Drill" and Joseph Grigely's "Blueberry Surprise - Set." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

A Shaded Path (1) , 1987

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-12483-12710
Scope and Contents

This is a proposal for a straight and level path of 78 clay bricks stamped with names of Virgil in place of the maker's name. The path is to be built indoors, on a level floor, or out-of-doors on any grass-covered level ground without shade. Finlay s walk upon but for the mind to follow. It leads from Carl Andre's brick compositions to an elegiac classicism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

A Suivre / Blaine, Julien., 1998

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Identifier: CC-36350-38140
Scope and Contents

The recto of the photograph announces a performance by Blaine at Galerie Donguy, Paris, on December 1, 1998. Some of the photographs are images of store facades with signs that stated "Mode a Suivre." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998