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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1479 Collections and/or Records:

De Gaulle et le Sexe, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-07481-7625
Scope and Contents

After a brief introductory political manifesto, the remaining pages consist of cut-up segments from popular trade magazines followed by a long series of blank pages. The drawings in the two copies held by the Sackner Archive show slight differences. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Dello Sbaglio Programmato / Bugli, Enrico; Caruso, Luciano; Villa E., 1973

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Identifier: CC-22593-23019
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of ta smaller in size of the book which was first published in 1970. It is the first edition of this larger size presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Der Bücherwächter, 1993

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-01498-1531
Scope and Contents

The theme of this work is the poet, Jorge Luis Borges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Der Weisse Traum / Kutscher, Vollrad., 1980

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Identifier: CC-49833-70890
Scope and Contents

The photographs depict the artist made up to depict different tree trunks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

des grossen erfolges wegen / Ulrichs, Timm., 1968

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Identifier: CC-52384-73507
Scope and Contents

This early artist book by Ulrichs is composed of the repeating phrase 'uber 50 mal!' printed in black on pink stock on each of 50 pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Desir-Hasard-Des...Un Coup de Des / DuPont, Albert ; Mallarme, Stephane., 1995 - 2000

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Identifier: CC-34890-36601
Scope and Contents This poem-object-book-work was created by Albert Dupont in tribute to the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Un Coup de Des" by Stephane Mallarme in 1897. A wooden box contains the book with five removable, acrylic cubes positioned on the spine. Each cube is incised and colored in ink on all surfaces with Lettrist symbols or texts. The book consists of a portfolio paper cover and a nine page essay. A second book consists of translucent acetate pages with handdrawn Lettrist symbols and words within a plastic slipcase. A third translucent acetate book is an actual reproduction of "Un Coup de Des." Because of the transparent quality of the pages, it is possible to view the literary text in a deeper, emerging three dimensional form.In homage to Mallarme, Dupont writes, "Since the famous poem 'Un Coup de des n'abolira le hasard', published at the end of the 19th Century, Stephane Mallarme has opened up the field of all the poetic researches of the 20th Century, specially by...
Dates: 1995 - 2000

Desire and the Importance of Failure / Esch, Deborah., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27567-28642
Scope and Contents The large format pages combine abstract organic drawings, constructivistic architectural details and mysterious phrases all set in lowercase typography. Subtitled "Lo Spirito della Storia Naturale," this book was printed for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Nancy Princenthal reviewed this book in the periodical On Paper V.1,No.4 and stateid that "on faithful expression and artifice, memory and its loss, and - to return to the spirit of the season - the rhythms of personal attraction and its loss, not many recent books compare to Shelagh Keeley's finely wrought Desire and the Importance of Failure...A second title, lo spirito della storia naturale, appears on the back cover of this big, shiny-white hardbound volume, indicating that it can be read in two directions. A third possibility is to start at midpoint, where a centerfold combines a photograph of an architectural detail with a grisly, blood-red abstract drawing by Keeley...Sometimes the images are doubled and...
Dates: 1996

Dessins a Fleur de Peau (Six Skin Deep Drawings) / Morelli, Francois., 1994

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Identifier: CC-28496-29772
Scope and Contents

The pages reproduce rubberstamped drawings integrated with printed French and English texts. The envelope offers rubberstamped instructions, " The pages unfold to form six drawings...these drawings join to form various combinations." This copy was printed on Atsukuchi 75 G.; the other 300 copies were printed on Velin Chamois 145 G. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Deter Gent / Saville, Ken., 1975

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Identifier: CC-39249-41195
Scope and Contents

The title of this artist book Deter Gent is a neologism for detergent. Two of the leaflets were composed in the style of an anonymously assembled Victorian Scrapbook held by the Sackner Archive which in turn bears affinity to Tom Phillps' "A Humument." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Dialog / Deisler, Guillermo ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Sachse K., 1994

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Identifier: CC-16104-16447
Scope and Contents

Mention is made of Deisler's work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Diario No.1 Ano 1, 3rd Edition / Dermisache, Mirtha., 1975

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Identifier: CC-27423-28468
Scope and Contents

This newspaper is made up wholly of calligraphic markings and sections which appear to have been cancelled. The appearance is reminiscent of Constantine Xenakis' newspaper with hieroglyphic shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975