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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Books as Art / Phillips T ; Johns J ; Marinetti FT ; Telingater S ; Soffici A ; Lissitzky E ; Iliazd ; Ernst M ; Mallarme S ; Patchen K ; Hirschman J ; Ely T ; Caruso L ; Charriere G ; Furnival J ; Jackman S ; Kolar J ; Lewty S ; Lemaitre M ; Macia C., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-23722-24169
Scope and Contents

This is the second revised edition that includes the proceedings of a symposium in which the Sackners took part. Timothy Eaton curated this comprehensive exhibition of book art and in the preface acknowledges the Sackner Archive as "the premier contributors with the loan of fifty works..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Doctor Subtilis / Luciano Caruso., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-19444-19827
Scope and Contents

Each leaf is a separate drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Doctor Subtilis / Luciano Caruso., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-19444-19827
Scope and Contents

Each leaf is a separate drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Eis Chthoneis / Caruso, Luciano., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-19143-19522
Scope and Contents

Every page and the cover have a central background of white paint overlaid with collage elements, paint and writings. An ink border has been drawn on every page suggesting that the collages were made separately and then assembled as a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Frantesprisio e Altre Storie (a Sora) / Caruso, Luciano., 1981 - 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19144-19523
Scope and Contents

Two sections of the book have several pages pasted together that create a base for two collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981 - 1982

Giornale / Caruso, Luciano., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-19487-19870
Scope and Contents

The pages are constructed of pages of newspapers over which a rounded, grid of white paper has been pasted. The pages when turned, sound crunchy and have a textured feeling that adds to the book's appeal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Histoire d'Amour pour s'en Mourir / Caruso, Luciano., 1977 - 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-19126-19505
Scope and Contents

Some of the images of the collages are erotic in content. The loose sheets consist of a title page and an index. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

i tarocchi / gli arcani maggori / Caruso, Luciano., 1992 - 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-28572-29859
Scope and Contents

This suite of drawings depict Tarot card images in visual poetic terms. Two of the drawings provide brief handwritten explanations for each of the images. The remaining 22 drawings depict the individual cards. All drawings have white thick paint background on paper. They were framed and matted by Caruso and housed in a wooden box that has been painted and collaged on three of its sides. Photographic reproductions of the drawings are found in "Le Brache di Gutenberg: cronica n.s. 30, 1994," a periodical also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992 - 1993

Il Cerchia dell Evocazione Demoniaco / Caruso, Luciano., 1977 - 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-19441-19824
Scope and Contents

The title translated into English means, The Circle of Demoniacal Recollections. The book has an appearance of an ancient one owing to the vellum binding with leather thongs. Caruso has used white paint for the written text making its reading difficult. There is a round perforation through all the pages, 7 cm in diameter, that exposes a crystal stone collaged onto the inside back cover. Several styles of calligraphy on the pages have been employed by Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

Il Disconto / Caruso, Luciano., 1980 - 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19134-19513
Scope and Contents

The content of this book is almost wholly calligraphic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980 - 1982

Il Mio Pensiero / Caruso, Luciano., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19138-19517
Scope and Contents

The book is written in a free, experimental, calligraphic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Il Mondo Infronto / Caruso, Luciano., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-19445-19828
Scope and Contents

Several pages are glued together to form two thick pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Il Secondo Libro della Sibella Cumana (libro-opera) / Caruso, Luciano., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19145-19524
Scope and Contents

This book wholly consists of calligraphic text in several styles. The utilization of heavily built-up paint on the one hand and sparkles on the other to form letters of the words is unusual in artist books genre. The words are written onto tissue paper of pink, green, purple, red and blue colored stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982