Visual art

The poems in this pamphlet deal with curry and Books' adventures when hitching rides on Canadian railroad trains. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

[Houses] / Furnival, John., 1962

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Identifier: CC-13197-13498

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This work depicts simplified line drawings of houses in a village-like setting. Its style is similar to that in Plakat No.3 of Openings Press 1965 (Sackner Archive), which is titled Semiotic Drawing. The borders of the drawing are concave inward. It is one of the earliest drawings done by Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

How To Fly Vol II: Directions of Motion / Petasz, Pawel., 1980

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Identifier: CC-58252-52590

Dates: 1980

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

How to Identify Prints: A complete guide to manual and mechanical processes from woodcut to inkjet 2nd Edition / Gascoigne, Bamber., 2004

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Identifier: CC-54932-990347

Scope and Contents This second edition of the 1986 hard cover book contains updated information on laser printing and ink jet printing in addition to the information on identifying the standard printmaking techniques.WireWierd (Amazon.com): This book displays an incredible number of processes and variations. Even within etching, there is standard intaglio process, relief etching, intaglio so deep it's amost relief, spit-biting or open-biting - well, a very long list. This gives an exacting look at the marks specific to each process, and gives good diagnostic descriptions. A special strength in this book is the differential diagnoses, the questions to ask that help distinguish two very similar kinds of marks. Every point made in the text is illustrated real samples, and that makes for a heck of a lot of illustrations. I have almost no quibbles with this text. There are just a few minor points that Gascoigne could have brought out more clearly. First is that Japanese woodcuts are under-represented....

Dates: 2004

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

How to Make Collages / Lynch, John ; Schwitters K ; Paolozzi E ; Ernst M ; Steinberg S ; Baader J ; Pannaggi I ; Cassandre AM ; Cornell J., 1961

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Identifier: CC-06942-7065

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Contains two reproductions from "Mise en Page," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Howdy[CR]Howdy! / Jackman, Sandra., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34472-36169

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The card consists of several small drawings of people encountered during the Sandra Jackman's visit to the Prado Musem in Madrid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

HSP (July 21, 1967) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

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Identifier: CC-51001-72080

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

HSP (July 21, 1967) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

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Identifier: CC-51001-72080

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Huff Lane, 2000

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Identifier: CC-35081-36809

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According to this book, published to commemorate Christmas 2000, HUFF, n. is defined as follows: a fit of anger, sulks, or offended dignity (Chambers); a fit of petulance caused by an affront (Oxford); an armed withdrawal (IHF). The pages consist of black and white photographs of plants in Finlay's gardens as well as wood or stone engraved benches with aphorisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Human Dust / Denes, Agnes., 1980

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Identifier: CC-15216-15537

Dates: 1980

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

[Humument Page 20: Six Variations] , 1986

Item — Folder 76: [Barcode: 31858072538352]

Identifier: CC-46300-49022

Scope and Contents

The print depicts deconstructed images all involving women. The texts read from image on left to right and top to bottom, "(1) a course in Sussex; (2) a photograph of a curious muse; (3) constant to the subject - the subject extended - he talked and his range came - pursuing the subject; (4) fair sex in various capitals - the politics show; (5) came across a picture of flesh; and circles - The Art revelation; (6) her, smiling her last. - they were Europe." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986