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Ideogram

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:

16 Sloppy Haiku & A Lyric For Robert Reardon / Blackburn, Paul; levy da., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-23371-23813
Scope and Contents

The erotic cover drawing was done by Al Diamondstein. This book was printed by d.a. levy. In a personal communication from Jeff Maser, 16 (including the Sackner copy) of the 45 copies have been located. According to an essay in Congress No.1, this book was seized by Cleveland Police for obscenity from Asphodel Book Store in 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

20 Monogrampoems / Bielski, Alison., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-21061-21470
Scope and Contents

Also designated Writers Forum Fives No.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

105 posbL resons 4t ;; of thot or d ;; of doze hu undRst& / Mancini, Donato., 2010

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Identifier: CC-54697-990134
Scope and Contents

The completed title reads "105 possible reasons of thought or, the sadness of those who understand." The inside paper cover prints a surreialistic story about Alan Turing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

1976-2001 / Hubaut, Joel., 2001

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Identifier: CC-40206-42176
Scope and Contents

The letter-forms that are typical of Hubaut's stylistic vocabulary were pressed into the paper in a random pattern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

A ZBC of Ezra Pound, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-22260-22682
Scope and Contents

Brooke-Rose discusses E. Pound's use of language and literary technique, his treatment of sources and influences. Considerable discussion of Pound's use of ideograms in "The Cantos." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

About Books / Horst, Els ter ; Lisa ter Kuile, translator., 1986

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Identifier: CC-08877-9052
Scope and Contents

The book consists of line drawings that deal with themes of reading, writing, translating, and categorizing books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

About Books / Horst, Els ter ; Lisa ter Kuile, translator., 1986

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Identifier: CC-08937-9113
Scope and Contents

The book consists of line drawings that deal with themes of reading, writing, translating, and categorizing books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

ACRCIT / De Cointet, Guy., 1974

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Identifier: CC-16371-16721
Scope and Contents

The newspaper is printed with De Cointet's personal language in a manner similar to Constantine Xenakis' use of logographs for his newspaper. De Cointet placed ACRCIT in free newspaper distibutors on the streets of Los Angeles. Passerbys could thus take this incomprehensible artwork and probaly few were preserved. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Adinkra Poems / Keith, Bill., 2003

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Identifier: CC-48595-69626
Scope and Contents Adinkra are West African symbols named after a 19th Century Ivory Coast King. The symbols were copied from the Ashanti royal stool.Wikipedia: William "Bill" Keith (January 20, 1929 -- September 1, 2004) was an African-American artist who began his artistic life as a painter, but moved into photography and visual poetry. His visual poetry ran a full gamut from calligrams inspired by Apollinaire and other early 20th Century French poets to Lettrisme to the Minimalism and Op Art of the 1960s.As his work developed, Keith concentrated increasingly on African and African-American themes and sources. This development toward African roots and branches led away from the Roman alphabet and more toward the store of iconography and symbolism from Egypt to South Africa to the American diaspora. Consequently, Keith developed graphic techniques suggested by textiles, wood carvings, bronze casts, ceramics, and other indigenous arts. An example of Keith's recreation of the substance of his visual...
Dates: 2003

Afrikanische Legenden / Garnier, Ilse., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31139-32606
Scope and Contents

Each collage has hand drawn additions such that each copy of this book is actually unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Alarme / Gysin, Brion., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51665-72765
Scope and Contents One of the last pages in this book depicts the following words, " Life Death Breath." This page is also displayed in this record of the database.Gladys Fabre May 2010 writing on inside dust jacket stated: "Painter, writer, poet, filmmaker, and performer Brion Gysin (1916-1986) was a source of inspiration for many Beat Generation artists and for underground culture in general (for Gregory Corso, John Giono, Bernard Heidsieck, but also for Keith Haring, The Rolling Stones, Steve Lacy, the painter Matta and his son Ramuntcho, Laurie Anderson). In books, films and sound poems, together with the author William Burroughs, he developed methods such as Cut-ups and permutations previously employed in painting. With Ian Sommerville, he designed a stroboscopic apparatus to arousing hallucinatory visual effects called the Dreamachine. Such artistic multidisciplinarity enabled him to explore thoroughly a multiple self. He saw himself and indeed lived as if he had been allotted the wrong part by...
Dates: 2010

Alphabox / Adler, Jeremy., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-25691-26151
Scope and Contents

Designated Object Series No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Alphabox [uncut version], 1973

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Identifier: CC-26020-26482
Scope and Contents

Designated Object Series No.1. This represents the uncut version of the usual, leaflet format. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973