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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3310 Collections and/or Records:

[Untitled] / Algardi, Alessandro ; Ubeir Peeters, curator ; Comini R ; Accame V., 2006

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Identifier: CC-58640-10001871
Scope and Contents Ubeir Peeters commented: "The wide variety of single characters or letters join together to make up words which carry the meaning of ideas. Whereas, feelings and sentiments are easier to convey through a representation of plants, animals, humans, landscapes or objects. To the world of ideas, the letter is a building block for the concrete expression of ideas through words: no other medium is equal. Can you imagine a philosophy that could have survived without script? Inside our mind, deep inside, each word is related to a particular item, a given concept, a fragment of memory, but nowhere this appears more clearly than in a written text, where ideas are chopped and reassembled in a string of words. Writing is an incarnation or rather, the mirror of ideas. Algardi's cursives indeed have the liquid flowing quality of ideas. However, the writing itself is made illegible. By superimposing text over text Algardi conveys a problem regarding the eventual meanings. Thus his writing covers...
Dates: 2006

[Untitled] / Apollinaire, Guillaume., 1969

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Identifier: CC-24734-25187
Scope and Contents

Nearly complete listing of works and documents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Untitled] / Bazan, Sergio., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34841-36550
Scope and Contents

Lucas Fragasso writes about the works of Bazan in a catalogue forward, "The paradigmatic case of a famous literary image that gives shape to the musical fragment of a sonata has been summoned here apropos the images of painting; images that cannot be read or heard but, however, refer immediately only to the musical sphere." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[Untitled] / Blake, William., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35814-37573
Scope and Contents

William Blake was known in his lifetime for his illustrations and designs for new editions of other poets works. He was considered as eccentric, visionary and naive during his lifetime. After his death in 1827, his genius and influence became widely recognized for his enormous, varied range of work. This catalogue for the largest exhibition of Blake's work (seen by the Sackners) is divided into four thematic sections: One of the Gothic Artists; The Furnace of Lambeth's Vale; Chambers of the Imagination; Many Formidable Works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[Untitled] / Boetti, Alighiero E. ; Martin H ; Celant G ; Trini T., 1967

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Identifier: CC-34994-36713
Scope and Contents

Also designated Edizioni di arte contemporanea catalogo n.5. The artworks depicted in this exhibition consisted of minimalistic sculptural pieces. This was Boetti's first artist book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Untitled] / Bory, Jean-Francois., 1985

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Identifier: CC-22410-22833
Scope and Contents

Contains essay by Alain Borer "Jean-Francois Bory L'Anachiviste." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

[Untitled] / Bory, Jean-Francois., 1985

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Identifier: CC-23116-23554
Scope and Contents

Contains essay by Alain Borer "Jean-Francois Bory L'Anarchiviste." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

[Untitled] / Broaddus, John-Eric ; Drucker J ; Zwicker T ; Hubert JB ; Hubert RR ; Williams J., 2001

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Identifier: CC-36428-38220
Scope and Contents

Jane Willams, Curator of The Arts of the Book Collection at Yale University Library, wrote an introduction to the catalogue and included a personal note to the Sackners for their support. Johanna Drucker contributed an essay "Theatrical Spaces: The Books of Artist John Eric Broaddus." Renee Riese Hubert and Judd D. Hubert wrote "John Eric Broaddhus as a Fashioner of Books." A separate check list and letter from Arthur J. Williams are included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

[Untitled] / Bryen, Camille ; Audiberti J., 1949

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Identifier: CC-22848-23284
Scope and Contents

The catalogue consists of a critical essay by J. Audiberti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1949

[Untitled] / Cornell, Joseph ; Ades D., 1986

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Identifier: CC-18543-18915
Scope and Contents

Published for the retrospective exhibition, the catalog was edited by Kynaston McShine. Dawn Ades' essay is titled "Joseph Cornell: Mechanic of the Ineffable." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

[Untitled] / Cucchi, Enzo., 1989

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Identifier: CC-18899-19277
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Amnon Baizel. In the page opposite the title page, Cucchi makes the statement: "I like books; they are are a special kind of deposit, a sort of common attitude with other human beings." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989