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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

The Green Chakre Arcane by Jack Hirschman, 1997

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 31858072460045]
Identifier: CC-33580-35233
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[The Grisly Circus] / Welch, Chuck., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-61005-10003790
Scope and Contents

Chuck Welsh aka Cracker Jack Kid has corresponded with the Sackners around the border of an original collage. The print is a replica of the collage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

The Hound Arcane by Jack Hirschman, 1998

 Item — Folder 52: [Barcode: 31858072537867]
Identifier: CC-33586-35239
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The Illustrated Wilfred Funk / Ferlinghetti, Lawrence., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-59599-10002677
Scope and Contents

This poem is also printed without the illustrations in the periodical, Desparado, held by the Sackner Archive with annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The Invention of Mankind, 1976

 Item — Folder 54: [Barcode: 31858072537883]
Identifier: CC-13082-13377
Scope and Contents

Words are painted in capital letters in red, black and white colors over a blue-green painted background resembling a landscape. The sign has been appropriated from an electical contractor (identified as Ray White on verso). The painting was included the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1984 as indicated by a paper label affixed to the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Island (detail) , 2008

 Item — Folder 53: [Barcode: 31858072537875]
Identifier: CC-51572-72671
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an artist's map of London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

The Island (detail) / Stephen Walter., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-51572-72671
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an artist's map of London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

The Language of Stone / Shepp, Alan., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-02562-2604
Scope and Contents

The works by Shepp consist of poetic images in stone sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Last Cigaret: Smokeender's Haiku / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-09157-9338
Scope and Contents

The work is intended as an admonition to smokers in the form of a work of art. The haiku is repeated for both sexes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Legalization of Cake / McClurg, John Wayne., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-28758-30065
Scope and Contents

This work is an unstructured, illustrated, erotic, tour de force of a novel. The papercard pages made by Mohawk Paper Mills are hinged in two places to enable the accordion construction. In commemts pn the internet, McClurg states tha it took 15 hours to assemble one copy. The covers are thick cardboard. There are 15 pages that have typewritten texts and the remainder are handwritten. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

[the LISSON gaL] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56512-9999916
Scope and Contents

On the inside of an unfolded envelope Houedard has drawn several lettered and numbered squares with ink & colored ink that can be reversed.The note related to thr Lisson Art Gallery in London. The outside of the envelope includes his playing with the reversal of the name Saint Marylebone. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Little Bug Angel / Patchen, Kenneth., 1955

 Item
Identifier: CC-37661-39527
Scope and Contents

The poem reads as follows: He bangs his wings on the table! - Still no service! - What's the matter with that waiter! - Wow! Smell that roast biff! - Ah! he takes out a stick of dynamite - Brr-ump! That should teach them! - But nothing happens! - Of course, obviously, the dynamite of an angel that size - Does not (unfortunately) pack very much of a wallop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1955

The Lost Rivers of London / Bush, Tracey., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-24082-24534
Scope and Contents

The embossings signify ancient tributories of the Thames river which have disappeared underground. The artist has written their names adjacent to the specific embossings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994