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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5481 Collections and/or Records:

Hollywood / Stock, Mark ; Yau J., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28923-30252
Scope and Contents

John Yau contributed a descriptive essay about the paintings in this exhibition that consisted of a single letter from the word, "Hollywood" against a scenic background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

homage for benjamin katz and twelve artists / Zeidler, Ludwig; Gilbert & George; Byars JL; Beuys J; Baldessari J., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42266-44272
Scope and Contents

Each leaflet depicts a line drawing portrait of an artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Homage to Le Corbusier / Furnival, John., 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-13217-13518
Scope and Contents

The uppermost portion of the drawing depicts a "cloud of x's & v's that appear over highly stylized architectural forms with four humans in an outlined shape with their left arms upraised. The lower section features calligraphic markings and the lowermost section four pairs of dogs peeing on posts asking in French "What do you think of these new piles?" Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Homage to the Mad Diarist / Klyczek, Renee., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-07882-8036
Scope and Contents

Submitted as entry to Homage To The Mad Diarist exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Homage to the Mad Diarist / Queen, M., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-03720-3791
Scope and Contents

Submitted as an entry for the Homage to the Mad Diarist exhibition. These drawings are stored with Pyros' Mad Diarist exhibition catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Homage to Theocritus, 1985

 Item — Box 312: [Barcode: 31858072490828]
Identifier: CC-24352-24804
Scope and Contents

Bob Cobbing contributed 10 illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Horloge de Flore / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Clark, Laurie., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-11847-12068
Scope and Contents

The title translated to 'clock of flowers.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Hornbook / Mayer, Peter., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-06590-6709
Scope and Contents

The hornbook was the first lesson book on reading used by students in elementary school in the last century. In this card, Mayer substituted erotic images arranged in a grid for the slang meaning of horn(y) to designate another kind of hornbook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Horndeski Sampler # 1, 1993

 Item — Box 89: [Barcode: 31858072538188]
Identifier: CC-09590-9781
Scope and Contents

This work was commissioned by the Sackner Archive to include a sampler of Horndeski's work. The theme is a couple who appear on the top of the box reading in their library with the sky outside their windows reminiscent of Van Gough's Starry Night. The top of the box depicts a fragment of a music score by Vivaldi and the sides calligraphic text and diagrams on Michaelson's theory of light and distance; all paintings are landscapes that relate to the couple's activities near their house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993