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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Book Toy Cube / Smith, Esther K. ; Faust, Dikko., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28899-30225
Scope and Contents

This book with an unusual construction has the following directions printed on its wrappers, "Opens 4 ways by quarter-year - Turn book so 1995 faces up - Find your month by number - open that side to your month. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Box of Growth, 1999

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-34487-36184
Scope and Contents

Esther K Smith was the art director and Dikko Faust did the letterpress and typography for this bookwork by Happersett. The colophon states that "This series of mathematical drawings is based on growth and decay patterns of twigs and the Fibonacci sequence," The books are entitled, "Twig," "Leaf," "Conch," "Bloeman" and "Sprout." Each page of the books is made with additional calligraphic strokes using a progressive Fibonacci sequence page by page to connote the natural history of growth of the plants mentioned in the titles.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Vishnu Crew Stews Vinsdaloo Anew / Michael Bartalos; EK Smith; D Faust., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-22855-23291
Scope and Contents

Author aka Arpad Bartalos. This is an aluminum book object in a steel canister. There are four booklets with metal covers shaped life animal heads which open to reveal accordion-fold linocuts resembling paper dolls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Vishnu Crew Stews Vinsdaloo Anew / Michael Bartalos; EK Smith; D Faust., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-22855-23291
Scope and Contents

Author aka Arpad Bartalos. This is an aluminum book object in a steel canister. There are four booklets with metal covers shaped life animal heads which open to reveal accordion-fold linocuts resembling paper dolls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Voir Dire Maelstrom / Griefen, John Adams ; Smith, Esther K. ; Faust, Dikko., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-29163-30509
Scope and Contents

The theme of the title is expressed in the stormy, wave-like reliefs on the recto and verso of the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996