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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 444 Collections and/or Records:

Essence & Absence: An Alphabet / Moss, David., 2012

 Item
Identifier: CC-54119-643035
Scope and Contents

Moss provides a poem caption for each of the stylized letters he created in this Hebrew alphabetical text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Exiled in the Word / Rothenberg, Jerome, editor ; Lenowitz, Harris, editor ; MacLow J ; Jabes E ; Tzara T ; Meltzer D ; Zukofsky L ; Owens R ; Abulafia A ; Celan P ; Ginsberg A ; Rothenberg J ; Berman W ; Morrow C ; Kaprow A ; Stein G ; Oppen G., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-03147-3196
Scope and Contents

This book is a reworking and representation of material that originally appeaed in Rothenberg's "A Big Jewish Book" (1978), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Extreme Measures / Winkler, Michael., 1988 - 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-42761-44800
Scope and Contents

Winkler's work consists of forming line constructions and geometrical shapes based upon connecting the letters of a word with straight lines to a circle of the letters of the alphabet. These shapes might be considered a semiotic representation of the word in a non-verbal language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

Extreme Measures / Winkler, Michael., 1988 - 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-00209-217
Scope and Contents

Winkler's work consist of forming line constructions and geometrical shapes based upon connecting the letters of a word with straight lines to a circle of the letters of the alphabet. These shapes might be considered a semiotic representation of the word in a non-verbal language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

falling alphabet / Knotek, Anatol., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-58771-10002009
Scope and Contents

The cut pages with a single printed fragment progress to a word as a function of the dimensions of the page and then regress to a fragment. Wachsein means vigil in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

falling alphabet / Knotek, Anatol., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-62086-10004476
Scope and Contents

The cut pages with a single printed fragment progress to a word as a function of the dimensions of the page and then regress to a fragment. Wachsein means vigil in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

Feu Triomphant / Aubertin, Bernard ; Chopin, Henri., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-25332-25788
Scope and Contents

Work consists of a metal "fire wheel" (holder for candles) by Aubertin, a book containing five typewriter prints by Chopin, and an exhibition catalogue with several texts by Aubertin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Forum. No.1., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12779-13050
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a varied-colored alphabet in letter over letter presentation. The poster consists of a table that traces the development of the alphabet through its Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Etrusian, Roman, and Minuscules origins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

From A to Z / Stewart, Maggie., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39831-41795
Scope and Contents

Includes Thank You note from Rita and Bob Swedroe on visiting the Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002