Showing Records: 1 - 9 of 9
A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose: Five Designs on Paper for Cylindrical Glasses / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Dinkel, Madeleine; Jekyll G., 1976
The name Gertrude Jekyll who was a famous British gardener is inscribed in the drawing which relates to a quotation from Gertude Stein, the American expatriate writer. Since Stein in German means glass, these factors are interelated with the design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
El Lissitzky - Art and Pangeometry, 1973
The theme is based upon the teachngs of El Lissitzky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Exp/press: This Is a Sentence. No.10 / Robin Crozier ; Cobbing B., 1972
Edited by G. de Rook. Crozier has written a unique, 15 line poem on the verso that is inscribed to Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Moi la Diete Blanche / Ignazio Apolloni., 2009
This closed, wooden object, with a book-like shape, is one of several made by Apolloni as illustrated in his catalogues. However none of the other poem objects seem to have a handle which creates the feeling of a portable book. The translation loosely is "I the essence [or whiteness] of diety." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Moi la Diete Blanche / Ignazio Apolloni., 2009
This closed, wooden object, with a book-like shape, is one of several made by Apolloni as illustrated in his catalogues. However none of the other poem objects seem to have a handle which creates the feeling of a portable book. The translation loosely is "I the essence [or whiteness] of diety." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Show Your Work / Kleon, Austin., 2014
This book was a gift from Austin Kleon when he visited the Sackner Archive . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Small Is Quite Beautiful / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gratsby, Richard., 1976
This is a preparatory drawing for a sculpture with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Steal LIke an Artist / Kleon, Austin., 2012
This book was a gift from Austin Kleon when he visited the Sackner Archive . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Invention of Mankind, 1976
Words are painted in capital letters in red, black and white colors over a blue-green painted background resembling a landscape. The sign has been appropriated from an electical contractor (identified as Ray White on verso). The painting was included the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1984 as indicated by a paper label affixed to the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.