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Scope and Contents The white cover and spine are embossed in Pessin's typical style of repeated abstract markings or hieroglyphics that are utilized as a personal alphabet. Similar markings are contained on the three folded pages embossed on white, brown and beige papers. The remaining pages contain reproduced, handwritten French text by Pessin that offers an explanation of his personal alphabet. A poetic text by Jean-Pierre Spilmont and a critical text by Michel Butor are included in this catalogue. A description of Pessin's work which was included in the exhibition, "Civilisations Imaginaires" follows. The distinctive trademark of Marc Pessin's prints is a sophisticated system of waffle printing producing pages where the signs appear in relief. Using the same technique, a series of books were made with drawings from self taught outsider artists like Pierre Pascaud, Alain Pauzie, lan Pyper, Patrick Guallino and Jean Paul Baudouin. Born in 1933 in Paris, in a family of fairground artists, Marc Pessin...

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Art List K: 20th Century Literature / Anacapa Books ; Butor M ; Ginsberg A ; Huidobro V ; Mallarme S ; Patchen K ; Aragon L ; Breton A ; Michaux H ; Artaud A ; Ball H ; Bataille G ; Dawson F ; Char R ; Goll Y ; Joyce J ; Musil R ; Peret B ; Soupault P., 1991

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Identifier: CC-26367-26834

Dates: 1991

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Art & Metiers du Livre. No.228/Feb-Mar / Butor M., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38851-40767

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This issue features contemporary and classic bookbindings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Artiste et Le Livre, L' / Butor M ; Dorny B ; Ashbery J ; Scanreigh JM ; Clareboudt J ; VanHouten K ; Lijn L ; Matsutani ; Zelevansky P ; Ben., 1991

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Identifier: CC-27224-27701

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Exhibition was divided into three parts, Le Livre D'Artiste (curated by Merielle Etignard who visited Sackner Archive in 1996), Le Livre Illustre, and Le Carnet D'Artiste. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Berenice. No.32 / Butor M ; Aga-Rossi L., 1991

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Identifier: CC-24058-24510

Scope and Contents

Edited by Gabriele-Aldo Bertozzi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists' Books, The / Buzz Spector, curator ; Jeffrey Abt, curator ; Zwicker T ; Mallarme S ; Butor M ; Osborn K ; Broaddus JE ; Spector B ; Ely T ; Hartmann W ; Zush ; Freeman J ; Hines K ; Kluge J ; Lohr H ; Masullo A ; Miller B ; Polansky L ; Wygonik M ; Zelevansky P ; Blake W ; Algardi A ; Allen R ; Baltazar J ; Beube D ; Forget C ; Haynes R ; Kostiuk M ; Lavater W ; Lazaron E ; Long R ; McCarney S ; Miller B ; Robinson A ; Schnabel B ; Share S ; Senser A ; Shaw K ; Skuber B ; Smith K ; VanHorn E., 1986

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Identifier: CC-22722-23157

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The introductory essay was written by Jeffrey Abt. The catalogue was designed by Buzz Spector. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Books do Furnish a Room - You can Tell a Book by its Cover: Books, pamphlets and multiples from the Collection of Tony Zwicker / Granary Books ; Abt J ; Alechinsky P ; Butor M ; Andel J ; Anselmo G ; Antin D ; Apollinaire G ; Ashbery J ; Atik A ; Kitaj R ; Baldessari J ; Barry R ; Barton CJ ; Bayer H ; Beard M ; Beckett S ; Johns J ; Bernstein C ; Berrigan T ; Tuttle R ; Beube D ; Beuys J ; Bevis J ; Fahrner B ; Boetti A ; Boltanski C ; Brannen J ; Breakwell I ; Brecht G ; Broodthaers M ; Brouwn S ; Buchler P ; Buczak B ; Burke B ; Burroughs WS ; Bury S ; Byars JL ; Cage J ; Campbell K ; Carrion U ; Carvalho J ; Castillejo JL ; Castleman R ; Chopin H ; Clark TA ; Clavin H ; Cobbing B ; Fencott PC ; Corner P ; Courtney C ; Creeley R ; Crozier R ; Culbert B ; Curtay JP ; Cutts S ; Diacono M ; Parmiggiani C ; Douglas H ; Drescher H ; Dreyfus C ; Drucker J ; Eaton T ; Duncalf S ; Ehrenberg F ; Eluard P ; Ely T ; Ernst M ; Fahlstrom O ; Filliou R ; Finlay IH ; Fisher A ; Fisher R ; King R ; Forget C ; Frank P ; Freeman B ; Fulton H ; Gappmayr H ; Gerz J ; Gibbs M ; Giorno J ; Gomringer E ; Groh K ; Guest T ; Celant G ; Hamilton A ; Hansen A ; Heidsieck B ; Hendricks G ; Hendricks G ; Hendricks J ; Herman J ; Higgins D ; Hocks P ; Hoffberg J ; Holzer J ; Huelsenbeck R ; Hulten P ; Tinguely J ; Hutchins A ; Iannone D ; Isou I ; Jaar A ; Jandl E ; Johnson R ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Katz L ; Keeley S ; Kellein T ; Kern B ; Kiefer A ; King S ; Knowles A ; Kostelanetz R ; Kosuth J ; Kruger B ; Kyle H ; Lauf C ; Lavater W ; Laxson R ; Lehrer W ; LeWitt S ; Lijn L ; Lingen R ; Lipski D ; Long R ; Lucie-Smith E ; Lurie T ; MacLow J ; Maciunas G ; Martin H ; Mathews H ; Mattes R ; Mayor D ; McCarney S ; McLean B ; McLuhan M ; McPherson S ; Meador C ; Messager A ; Metzger G ; Meyer T ; Michaux H ; Mills S ; Miller H ; Moeglin-Delcroix A ; Mohr M ; Moore B ; Munari B ; Myers Gjr ; Nannucci M ; Napora J ; Neruda P ; O'Banion N ; O'Connell M ; Ohtake S ; Ono Y ; Padgett R ; Dorny B ; Paik NJ ; Phillips T ; Phillpot C ; Pittore-Eurifico C ; Porter B ; Queneau R ; Rauschenberg R ; Reese M ; Richman G ; Rimbaud A ; Rolo J ; Rosler M ; Roth D ; Rothenberg J ; Rowe W ; Ruhe H ; Ruhm G ; Ruscha E ; Sackett C ; Sandberg W ; Sandlin D ; Saper C ; Schwartz D ; Simic C ; Sligh C ; Smith K ; Smithson R ; Soll I ; Gomez M ; Spector B ; Spoerri D ; Stanley C ; Stein D ; Stein G ; Stokes T ; Strauss M ; Thomas DM ; Tilson Ja ; Ting W ; Tisdale D ; Tot E ; Tremlett D ; Trusky T ; Turnbull G ; Ulrichs T ; Valoch J ; vanEgten H ; VanHorn E ; Ben ; Vostell W ; Waanders H ; Warhol A ; Watts R ; Weiner L ; Wildman E ; Welch C ; Willats S ; Williams J ; Williams E ; Wilson M ; Winkler M ; Penck A ; Yau J ; Zimmerman P ; Zweig J ; Zwicker T ; Saito T., 2001

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Identifier: CC-35877-37638

Scope and Contents

This catologue lists items from the collection of Tony Zwicker, a reknown bookdealer from whom the Sackners purchased many books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Collection Jacques Herold / Renaud, Paul ; Oterelo, Claude ; Breton A ; Butor M ; Brauner V ; Char R ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Tzara T., 1998

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Identifier: CC-33748-35412

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Auction catalogue. Consists of the Surrealism collection of Jacques Herold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Colloque: Piendre les Mots / White K ; Butor M ; Baltazar J ; Cortot J ; Sicard M ; Eluard P ; Char R ; Dorny B., 1988

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Identifier: CC-18327-18699

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Published in conjunction with colloquium held at the time of exhibition of the work of J. Baltazar, J. Cortot, and B. Dorny. Includes abstracts of lectures delivered by Michel Butor and Kenneth White. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Der Lyriker und die Kunstler / Arrabal, Fernando ; Dorny B ; Cortot J ; Baltazar J ; Butor M., 1996

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Identifier: CC-31334-32810

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Ecrire au Pluriel / Sicard, Michel ; Ayme A ; Butor M ; Cortot J ; Guillevic ; Maccheroni H ; Parant JL ; Phillips T ; Qotbi M ; Staritsky A ; Villers A ; Xenakis C ; Alechinsky P ; Borghesi G ; Dotremont C ; Bosseur JY ; Dorny B., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02490-2531

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One print has a poetic, calligraphic text by Sicard, the other a visual image by Alechinsky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Ecritures en Liberte / DuPont, Albert ; Isou I ; Matta R ; Qotbi M ; Butor M ; Canal F ; Curtay JP ; Lemaitre M ; Letaillieur F ; Tasiv G ; Broutin GP ; Letaillieur F ; Poyet F ; Sabatier R ; Smith WJ ; Petit F., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30241-31644

Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds several of Dupont's bookworks listed and depicted in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Entre les Terres: Cartes Marines / Butor, Michel ; Druet, Roger., 1988

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Identifier: CC-23419-23863

Scope and Contents

The poem by was written by Butor and the calligraphic prints made by Druet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

La Prairie des Eveils / Butor, Michel ; Qotbi, Mehdi., 1986

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Identifier: CC-22384-22807

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The text of this book was written by Butor and the etchings made by Qotbi. This deluxe edition includes additional suite of five etchings by Qotbi on Japon paper, each signed and numbered 5/10. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Le Passeur de Mots Typographie & Poesie / Vodaine, Jean ; Butor M ; Pilon V., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28589-29878

Scope and Contents

The catalogue is composed of several essays written about Vodaine's life and work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

L'Espace Arabesque / Qotbi, Mehdi ; Butor, Michael., 1983

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Identifier: CC-53667-51040

Dates: 1983

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Letter Arts Review. No.4 / Delaunay S ; Diotallevi M., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42425-44435

Scope and Contents

Adele Spindler Roatcap contributed an illustrated essay "Sonia Delaunay: Color Rhythm Simultaneity." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

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3 Calligrammes / Pessin, Marc; Yourcenar M; Senghor LS; Butor M., 2006

ABC de Correspondence / Alechinsky, Pierre ; Butor, Michel ; Sicard, Michel., 1986

Anne Walker's Painted Books / les Peintures Pliees d'Anne Walker / Walker, Anne ; Cortot J ; Noel B ; Butor M., 2003

Archives Pessinoises / Pessin, Marc ; Butor M., 1997

Art List K: 20th Century Literature / Anacapa Books ; Butor M ; Ginsberg A ; Huidobro V ; Mallarme S ; Patchen K ; Aragon L ; Breton A ; Michaux H ; Artaud A ; Ball H ; Bataille G ; Dawson F ; Char R ; Goll Y ; Joyce J ; Musil R ; Peret B ; Soupault P., 1991

Art & Metiers du Livre. No.228/Feb-Mar / Butor M., 2002

Artiste et Le Livre, L' / Butor M ; Dorny B ; Ashbery J ; Scanreigh JM ; Clareboudt J ; VanHouten K ; Lijn L ; Matsutani ; Zelevansky P ; Ben., 1991

Berenice. No.32 / Butor M ; Aga-Rossi L., 1991

Collection Jacques Herold / Renaud, Paul ; Oterelo, Claude ; Breton A ; Butor M ; Brauner V ; Char R ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Tzara T., 1998

Colloque: Piendre les Mots / White K ; Butor M ; Baltazar J ; Cortot J ; Sicard M ; Eluard P ; Char R ; Dorny B., 1988

Der Lyriker und die Kunstler / Arrabal, Fernando ; Dorny B ; Cortot J ; Baltazar J ; Butor M., 1996

Ecrire au Pluriel / Sicard, Michel ; Ayme A ; Butor M ; Cortot J ; Guillevic ; Maccheroni H ; Parant JL ; Phillips T ; Qotbi M ; Staritsky A ; Villers A ; Xenakis C ; Alechinsky P ; Borghesi G ; Dotremont C ; Bosseur JY ; Dorny B., 1992

Ecritures en Liberte / DuPont, Albert ; Isou I ; Matta R ; Qotbi M ; Butor M ; Canal F ; Curtay JP ; Lemaitre M ; Letaillieur F ; Tasiv G ; Broutin GP ; Letaillieur F ; Poyet F ; Sabatier R ; Smith WJ ; Petit F., 1997

Entre les Terres: Cartes Marines / Butor, Michel ; Druet, Roger., 1988

La Prairie des Eveils / Butor, Michel ; Qotbi, Mehdi., 1986

Le Passeur de Mots Typographie & Poesie / Vodaine, Jean ; Butor M ; Pilon V., 1997

L'Espace Arabesque / Qotbi, Mehdi ; Butor, Michael., 1983

Letter Arts Review. No.4 / Delaunay S ; Diotallevi M., 2004

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