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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Ambiance of the Book, The: Recent Artistic Book Forms / Christie J ; Furnival J ; Williams J ; King R ; Paolozzi E ; Phillips T ; Roth D ; Tilson J ; Tyson I ; Williams E ; Cutts S ; Mayer HJ., 1980

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Identifier: CC-24995-25448
Scope and Contents

Bluebeard's Castle by Ronald King, "Ein Deutsches Reqyiem - After Brahms" by Tom Phillips, "S.M.S." Issues No.1,3,4,5, "De Morandi" by Ian Tyson, and "Selected Shorter Poems" by Emmett Williams, which were exhibited, are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Collect to Invest: Rebellious artists get all profitable / Windsor, John; Cobbing B; Finlay IH; King R; Tyson I; Ono Y; Upton L., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28796-30107
Scope and Contents

The writer describes the scene at the London Artists' Book Fair at the Barbican Centre in November 1997. He stresses the increased appreciated value of artist books, particularly those done by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Bob Cobbing. Writing about Cobbing, he mentions that "His Domestic Ambient Noise" series, in collaboration with the visual poet Lawrence Upton, has run to 157 editions in the past three years. Their cost is 1 pound each or four for 5 pounds. Winsor states that "A rich collector in Miami [Marvin Sackner not identified!] and two assiduous London collectors have all 157." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Contemporary Artists' Books / King R ; Christie J ; Fisher R ; Tyson I ; Rothenberg J ; Cutts S ; Roth D ; Mayer HJ ; Williams E ; Phillips T ; MacLow J ; Furnival J., 1980

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Identifier: CC-18524-18896
Scope and Contents

The presses listed in this catalog publishing artists' books include Circle Press, Coracle Press, Editions Alecto, Hansjorg Mayer, Marlborough Graphics, Waddington Galleries, Will and Sebastian Carter, World's End Press and Tetrad Press. Several books described in the catalog are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Echo Book / King, Ron., 1994

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Identifier: CC-08125-8286
Scope and Contents

The words ECHO BOOK are blind embossed on the cover and each page of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Echo Book / King, Ronald., 1996

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Identifier: CC-31248-32718
Scope and Contents

Each page contains the words "book echo" and "echo book" on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996