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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Abecedarium: An Exhibit of Alphabet Books / Pisano M ; Satin CJ ; Metz B ; Glaister D ; Moore S ; Sampson M ; Leavitt N., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-32071-33606
Scope and Contents

The catalogue is shaped like alphabetical file cards with each artist's name printed on the tabs. The exhibition was curated by Barbara Lazarus Metz and the catalogue was designed by Bill Drendel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Bookworks / Satin, Claire Jeanine ; Cage J., 1994

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Identifier: CC-02933-2977
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent "Mesostics Book" to the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

JCMCJJ II / Claire Jeanine Satin., 1990

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Identifier: CC-01874-1910
Scope and Contents

Text and imagery relates to John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns "Dancers on a Plane." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

M Book, 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-31983-33511
Scope and Contents

A birthday present for Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Manual Transmissson: The Artists Book / Hensel S ; Satin CJ ; Leavitt N ; Martin E., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38709-40619
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts an illustration of the artist's work, a biography and an artist's statement. This catalogue also includes a page entitled "A History of the Book" and pages on selected recommended books and websites dealing with making artist books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Mesostic Book, 1984

 Item — Box 133: [Barcode: 31858072457868]
Identifier: CC-02587-2629
Scope and Contents

Each page has been cut to four horizontal segments. A single word, white in color, has been cast into the white background of the page. A mesostic is formed from the middle letters of these four words. Reading down the center of the cover is the word alto which is the second part of the street name for the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Satin Show Is a Spirited Gathering / Turner, Elisa; Satin CJ; Cage J., 1990

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Identifier: CC-01167-1197
Scope and Contents

Facilitating Processes So That Anything Can (to J.C.), depicted in the article, was purchased by the Sackner Archive from the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Verba volent - Scripta Manent / Satin, Claire Jeanine., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30509-31937
Scope and Contents

The catalogue was designed by Claire Satin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997