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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1478 Collections and/or Records:

Ulcerations, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-58912-51124
Scope and Contents This book consists of 26 pages of colors and various formats over a large fold-out green plate under cover grey. The word Ulceration is a heterogramme composed of the eleven most frequent letters of the French language: E, S, A, R, T, I, N, U, L, O, C. Ulceration is a poem of an anagram of the word Ulcerations.: letters are being replaced by symbols (square, circle and triangle) of different colours (blue, red and black). The five final cut rules pages are blank for the reader to write the solution to the puzzle. According to Libririe Jean-Etienne Huret in Paris, ulcerations is an indoor game on a text by Georges Perec, typographic design of Alain Roger. Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, the catcher-Science, 1986, in-4, rel. spiral, 1 f. and 6 ff. close on grey paper, a large plate folded and 5 ff. close on green paper, 1 f. grey. (M.28*) "More that of a true reissue, it's a playful adaptation. Indeed, for the first 200 series, the text is given, but in the printing code, the letters are...
Dates: 1986

Un Conte a Votre Facon by Raymond Queneau / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1982

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Identifier: CC-20117-20512
Scope and Contents

This identical in design to the English version, Yours for the Telling, that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Un Coup De Des Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard: Image / Mallarme, Stephane ; Broodthaers, Marcel., 1969

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Identifier: CC-23416-23860
Scope and Contents

Broodthaers cancelled text of poem with solid black rectangles to emphasize the typographical design of the poem. The images are printed on opaque paper in this ordinary edition. The cover and page layout follow the 1914 revised version of the poem printed after Mallarme's death but the version he preferred. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Un Lavoro / Carrega, Ugo., 1976

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Identifier: CC-19478-19861
Scope and Contents

The same text, "questo la mia mente ha liberado attraverso," is printed on every page with different visual and verbal elements added to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Una Storia d'Amore / Bertola, Carla., 1992

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Identifier: CC-23609-24056
Scope and Contents

Each page has a different version of the handwritten Italian words io and tu (I and you) reflecting a love story. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Uncle Funky / Walker, Elbert; McLuhan M; Wittgenstein L., 1969

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Identifier: CC-32488-34064
Scope and Contents

Features calligraphic script in a number of styles along with line drawings that appear to be pages taken from a sketch book. Elbert Walker is the name of a well known mathematics professor; perhaps, he was the author of this piece since there are several mathematic references in the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Und Was Sie Sagen / Olbrich, Jurgen O.; Klassen, Norbert., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43228-45287
Scope and Contents

The images are photocopies of worded photographs with text over the image of upright hands in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Understanding / Lynne Avadenka., 1988

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Identifier: CC-25605-26063
Scope and Contents

The brief calligraphically rendered text was derived from Isiah 26:10 and Cordovero, Shiur Komah 19. The pop-up Hebrew letters on facing pages spell BEE-NAH which means "understanding." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Understanding / Lynne Avadenka., 1988

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Identifier: CC-25605-26063
Scope and Contents

The brief calligraphically rendered text was derived from Isiah 26:10 and Cordovero, Shiur Komah 19. The pop-up Hebrew letters on facing pages spell BEE-NAH which means "understanding." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Une Page d'Antho-entomologie / Tardieu, Jean ; Cortot, Jean., 1995

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Identifier: CC-35685-37435
Scope and Contents

The text by Tardieu is printed on the right hand side of the page. The colored, lithographed lettering by Cortot appears on the left side of each page. The small blue ceramic piece by Cortot is matted under plexiglas inside the back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Une Piece Circulaire / Stein, Gertrude ; Gerard-Georges Lemaire, translator ; Aeschbacher A ; Ayme A ; Gysin B ; Kolar J ; Phillips T., 1985

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Identifier: CC-01913-1949
Scope and Contents

This work includes an original drawing over a silkscreen text by Tom Phillips. Martine Saillard is the owner of Edition Traversiere. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Unisono / Muller, K. Richard., 1997

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Identifier: CC-46290-49012
Scope and Contents

This is a Book Fair Example (1992) of the book intended to be published in 55 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Untitled], 1977

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Identifier: CC-15060-15377
Scope and Contents

The author signed and dedicated the book in mirror writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Untitled Book, 2nd Ed. / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20131-20526
Scope and Contents

The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and words printed with several type faces and spacings. The Sackner Archive holds the first edition of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

[Untitled] / Prince, Richard., 1988

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Identifier: CC-00243-251
Scope and Contents

The book consists of colored, worded photographs and biographic narrative. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

[Untitled] / Skubic, Peter., 1975

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Identifier: CC-02003-2040
Scope and Contents

The ring, later called the "Hello Ring" on Skubic's web site consists of a thin silver ring onto which is affixed an erect male penis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975