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Abstract markings

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1067 Collections and/or Records:

Ocean Stripe Series 4 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Antonucci, Emil., 1966

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Identifier: CC-11697-11915
Scope and Contents

Design and drawings by Emil Antonucci. *WEB 1998: [Email]seamus.cooney@wmich.edu noted "Since ABE is offering the following--Presentation copy (ocean stripe series 4) inscribed to fellow concrete poet, Ronald Johnson: "To Ronald / with love from Ian / July 1964." Fine. $ 100.00. Please contact Skyline --ABE, 8/10/98-- your date of publication must be off by two years." Sackner comments: The date of publication does not appear on this booklet. The catalogue raisonne 1958-1990 (Graeme Murray) & printed works until 1990 (Victoria Miro Gallery) give its publication as 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

oh vietnam my love / Valoch, Jiri., 1968

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Identifier: CC-00847-866
Scope and Contents This piece probably derives from the French movie, 'Hiroshima mon amour.' This is a series of conversations (or one enormous conversation) over a 36-hour long period between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva), referred to as She, and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada), referred to as He. They have had a brief relationship, and are now separating. The two debate memory and forgetfulness as She prepares to depart, comparing failed relationships with the bombing of Hiroshima and the perspectives of people inside and outside the incidents. The early part of the film recounts, in the style of a documentary but narrated by the so far unidentified characters, the effects of the Hiroshima bomb on August 6, 1945, in particular the loss of hair and the complete anonymity of the remains of some victims. He had been conscripted into the Japanese army and his family was in Hiroshima on that day. In Valoch's poem he chanfes the title to Vietnam and the explosion of the atomic bomb to a ted stain...
Dates: 1968

Ohio City Series: Birmingham Breakdown. No.7 / DagmaR., 1965

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Identifier: CC-05226-5326
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. DagmaR aka Mara was levy's wife. Pages depicts non-verbal, abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

OHO / Nikonova, Rea., 1990

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Identifier: CC-60413-10003358
Scope and Contents

This work was included in pete spence's archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[OM] 250764[CR]]O (250764) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56375-9999792
Scope and Contents

This typing consists of a circle of red typed letters and several fragments of red typed lines. The background is blue and hazy. OM is typed in the center of the paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

On the Road / Stetser, Carol., 2004

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Identifier: CC-46944-49682
Scope and Contents

The verso of each card reaads, Artist Trading Card by Carol Stetser; 2004 Road Series. The title card is inscribed, "The calligraphic tracings of tar filling the cracks in the asphalt road." The string on the top of the enclosure is placed for hanging on a wall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

one cent: light night. No.320/Dec / jw curry., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30386-31802
Scope and Contents

The three copies held by the Sackner Archive are identical in terms of the poem; the constructivist line drawing on the cover differs slightly among the copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997