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Optical image

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 346 Collections and/or Records:

[Preparatory Drawing for Metacubus] / Basset, Klaus., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-21155-21564
Scope and Contents

Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. This typing (30/11/77) and Metacubus (01/12/77) as well as this Untitled preparatory ink drawing dated 29/11/77, are framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Prima del Silenzio / Miglietta, Enzo., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-06510-6629
Scope and Contents

This drawing made with printed letterform tautologic text achieves an optical image quality through differences in spacing of the letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Purgatory Pie Press Long Postcard: Even More Odd. No.3 / Bryan C. Baker., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49692-70745
Scope and Contents

The image on this card is a grid of dice faces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

[pyramid & quadrangle] (750801) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-56430-59046
Scope and Contents

The pyramid is on the left side and the quadrangle is on the right side of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Quadrato / Spatola, Adriano., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-58808-65902
Scope and Contents

The letters of the word "quadrato" are arranged in a random fashion in this collage with each letter mounted on a square, the English meaning for the Italian "quadrato." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

[red cube on dotted line] (140170) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-08628-8800
Scope and Contents

This typing is composed of a complex cube formed from underline marks that is pierced by a black, straight, typed line formed with periods. It is typed onto green stock colored papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[red sphere 1] (180469) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-08661-8834
Scope and Contents

Typed red '7's and mirror image '7's delineate the image of a sphere. The 7's were probably formed from slashes and dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[red sphere 3] (070569) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-56277-9999715
Scope and Contents

This is an image of a three dimensional sphere formed with strips of red slashes and dashes -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Repetition of M's and W's] / Hatherly, Ana., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-34766-36472
Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of a dense pattern created by the repetition of strokes resembling W and M. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Responsive Eye, The / William C. Seitz, curator ; Agam Y ; Berlewi H ; Gerstner K ; Greenham L ; Reinhardt A ; Vasarely V ; Riley B., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-28667-29967
Scope and Contents

Cover design is based upon a detail of Bridget Riley's optical painting entitled, Current 1964. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Retrospectives / Hughes, Patrick., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-09731-9924
Scope and Contents

Includes surrealistic images of books and bookcases. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Rotary Concrete Poem (B) / Malina, Jaroslav., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-50401-71469
Scope and Contents From the Internet: Recognized as one of the most influential theater designers in the world, Jaroslav Malina is a pioneer of "action design," using non-traditional materials and techniques to transform the stage. In an exhibition in 2009, more than 65 works of art including his lyrical, layered paintings along with set-design models and posters from the mid-1960s to the present were present. Born in Prague in 1937, Malina studied at Charles University and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has served as a faculty member at universities in the United States, Japan, Finland and Great Britain, and as the general commissioner of the Prague Quadrennial (International Theatre Design and Architecture Exposition). In recent years his designs for operas have been staged in Germany and Italy. His work is represented in the collections of Prague's National Gallery, National Museum, Museum of Decorative Arts, Museum of Czech Music and the Theatre Institute. In the United States, his...
Dates: 1970

Rumor Transmissible Ad Infinitum in Either Direction / Federman, Raymond., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-13069-13364
Scope and Contents

A dialogue is presented in lowercase letters with the lines of type zig-zagging down the page in three vertical sections. This poster was presented as a Supplement to the Sixth Assembling. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Rumor Transmissible Ad Infinitum in Either Direction / Federman, Raymond., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-13070-13365
Scope and Contents

A dialogue is presented in lowercase letters with the lines of type zig-zagging down the page in three vertical sections. This poster was presented as a Supplement to the Sixth Assembling. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

sacred season cycle (200469) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-08736-8910
Scope and Contents

A small red typed 3-D box is plsaced at the top of a wall-like image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

se + / Mairey, Francoise., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-59579-10002656
Scope and Contents

Card No.1 was scanned into record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[showers] (070267) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-56131-9999575
Scope and Contents

The blue typed figure is made of slashes and dashes and the red rain-like element consists of dashes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967