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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

Winter Book / Rose, Thomas., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27254-27761
Scope and Contents

Thomas Rose created a visual poetic tribute and memory to his father and mother upon their deaths, The presentation is introspective and dream-like, and these characteristics are matched in the physical presentation of the book with text that floats on the page, transparent papers with heavenly clouds, clinical typography for autopsy texts, and handwriting for personal thoughts and musings. The original graphic print seems to be an abstracted drawing of an urn of ashes. The brochure is a prospectus for the book.One of Rose's reminiscences reads as follows, "still the labor of your breathing is - heavy in the room - your breath - in a cloud of vapor as it left - your lips into the cold light of the room... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

With Joy and Gratitude to Hashem / Marmelli, Joshua Lawrence., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31203-32671
Scope and Contents

An elegant invitation to the Bar Mitzvah ceremony and celebration honoring Joshua Marmelli's thirteenth birthday and acceptance into Jewish maturity. The postage stamps were designed after images of sculptures by Alexander Calder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

withapile / McMurtagh ; Bennett, John M.., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51987-73089
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking / Koraichi R ; Neshat S., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44689-46854
Scope and Contents

This exhibition ostensibly dealt with works by 17 Islamic artists but fell short owing to inclusion of mostly Western art images done by Islamic artists living in the West. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Wonderings / Patchen, Kenneth., 1971

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Identifier: CC-03791-3863
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a picture poem that is printed in black and white. According to Morgan, only 100 copies of this hard cover edition were printed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

wordo worko / mosko mosgo: esperanto / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-57149-10000479
Scope and Contents

Houedard has written the reversal poem "esperanto" in red ink at the lower right. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Wordplay: Ambigrams and Reflections on the Art of Ambigrams 2nd Edition / Langdon, John ; Hofstadter D ; Kim S., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44326-46474
Scope and Contents

The reversal poems (ambigrams) in this book along with their documentation are by Langdon himself. These works are reminiscent of the reversal poems composed by Dom Sylvester Houedard. This second edition is expanded with 50 new ambigrams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Wordplay: Ambigrams and Reflections on the Art of Ambigrams / Langdon, John ; Hofstadter D ; Kim S., 1992

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Identifier: CC-07376-7520
Scope and Contents

The reversal poems in this book along with their documentation are by Langdon himself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Words and Images / Prestianni, John; Wolf A., 1985

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Identifier: CC-04501-4588
Scope and Contents

This article consists of an interview of Arne Wolf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Words at My Feet / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09159-9340
Scope and Contents

The poem depicts a man sitting on a curb with a touch of the homelessness. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Words & Calligraphy for Children / Cataldo, John W. ; Apollinaire G ; Carroll L., 1969

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Identifier: CC-33023-34644
Scope and Contents

This book illustrates the text and image works of school children. It is an instructional guide for teachers of art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Words of Risk: The Art of Thomas Ingmire / Gullick, Michael ; Ingmire T., 1989

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Identifier: CC-09992-10190
Scope and Contents

Thomas Ingmire's Calligraphic drawing "Forgive Them" (1986) reproduced in this book is held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989