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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2677 Collections and/or Records:

Ampersand, The. No.1/Oct., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-24554-25007
Scope and Contents

This issue is devoted to conservation and preservation of books and works on paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Ampersand, The. No.1/Sep., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-25772-26232
Scope and Contents

Contains article on photographing books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Ampersand, The. No.2/Dec / Kyle H., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-24595-25048
Scope and Contents

Contains article by Kyle on "Origin and Adaptation of the Concertina Fold." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Ampersand, The. No.3/Sum., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-24561-25014
Scope and Contents

Edited by Alastair Johnston. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Ampersand, The. No.4/Feb / VanVliet C., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-27150-27625
Scope and Contents

An essay on art and book conservation is featured. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Ampersand, The: PCBA Resource Issue. No.1-2., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30841-32289
Scope and Contents

This issue was guest edited and designed by Rich Spelker. Includes lists of members, index of presses, and resources for paper, bookbinding, marbling, dealers, letterpress printing, rubber stamps, conservation etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Ampersand, The: word & image. No.3-4 / Jaime Robles, editor ; Rapoport S ; King S ; Debord G ; Braunstein T ; Black L ; Chen J ; Davids B ; Golden A ; Hoyt S ; Johnston A ; Koch P ; McGurk R ; Nichols B ; Wolf A., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-26536-27005
Scope and Contents

This is also an exhibition catalog of artists' books from the membership held at the Civic Center Public Library, Sanf Francisco 1992. Of the 79 entrants to the show, 58 were women. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

An Ancient Aztec Song Regarding Painters / Genis, Gina., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-10649-10858
Scope and Contents

The text is an ancient Aztec song describing the Tlacuilos painters. Printed in letterpress on Mexican bark paper, the illustrations are from the codex Borgia. Dedicated to Genis' father, an Aztec artist, who died in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

An Exhibition of Unique and Limited Edition Artist's Books / Ely, Timothy., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-13737-14041
Scope and Contents

Subterranean Sutra, a book by Ely, held by Sackner Archive, was exhibited in this show. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Anakuklosis, 1982

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-37277-39123
Scope and Contents

The book object component of this work was made by Emile-Bernard-Souchiere and the prints and texts by Christian Gabriel Guez-Ricord. The texts are printed and handwritten on papier japon. The prints are also rendered on papier japon. These elements fit into the compartment at the bottom of the base of the book object. This is copy 7 out of an edition size that is based upon orders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Analemmic: An Equation of Time / Bellavance, Leslie., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-33236-34866
Scope and Contents

Photographs of landscapes and gardens with a photo-portrait of the author comprise the visuals for this book. The bookmarks list personal regrets of the writer with each line starting with "If only I had..." These are reminiscent in content of the recitations of sins read during the Jewish high holiday, "Yom Kippur." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Analgesic Books: Home-Made-Installation. No.50 / Gunther Ruch., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-37591-39448
Scope and Contents

The folded postcard that became the cover depicts Fluxus-like objects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Analgesic Books: Sticker Performance. No.68 / Vittore Baroni ; Cesar Figeiredo., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29880-31267
Scope and Contents

The folded postcard that becomes the cover is a picture of the Baroni family hotel, Alcapulco, in Forte Dei Marmi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Analogy / Denis, Denise., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-15952-16287
Scope and Contents

The prints are feminist in theme. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Anatomia - I / Cepl, Gernot., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-19587-19972
Scope and Contents

The book consists of pages with reproductions of collaged, anatomic dissections of the human body in awkward poses usually placed within a surrealistic setting as well as pages with roentgenographic reproductions of various sections of the body along with verbal captions. Cepl has cut out a single, stencilled letter from the title on several pages signifying the first letter of the word designating the organ system depicted on pages in the proximity of the perforated page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

And So Came the Fairy Queen Happy Amongst the Flowers / Amelia Etlinger; B Danon., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-44926-47098
Scope and Contents

This fragile book object with a feminist sensibility was sent to Betty Danon through the mail as a gift. Etlinger was a co-author of an issue of Gronk held by the Sackner Archive subtitled "Other Americans." She was internationally involved in the mail art network and died in the 1980's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982