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Box 301

 Container

Contains 40 Results:

NAMBÉ, 1985

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-55729-60770
Scope and Contents

The printed instructions on the card within the plastic box read."Do not remove from box. Place on or about any household object." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Probable Latitude 76'15' Longitude 113': A Minimal Monument, 1970

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-28100-29259
Scope and Contents

The work consists of two white cardboard cubes, each with the word, "silence" printed on their sides; in one the print is black, in the other white. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Curvd H&Z, No. 434: Smokes: A Novel Mystery, 1996

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-28164-29327
Scope and Contents

Each chapter is printed on a small loose sheet which has been rolled to resemble a cigarette. The "novel" is a detective story. The printed box resembles the shape of a cigarette box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Two Horizons, 1998

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-31587-33085
Scope and Contents

The spools of thread in a box were mailed to the Sackners as a Christmas gift from Finlay. One spool has blue, the other black thread, serving as a metaphor for clear and stormy weather, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Museum of Penny Candy, 2000

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-35181-36915
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of the candy object described by an ancient dictionary along with the candy itself. The presentation is reminiscent of early Joseph Kosuth works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Les Bebes de L'An 2000, 1999

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-35809-37568
Scope and Contents

The clock was commissioned by Groupe Clinivest for the year 2000. Albert Dupont designed the watch-face using the imprint of babies' feet for the numerals. Dupont wrote the label on the top of the metal container. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Cygnet, 1997

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-35384-37119
Scope and Contents

The inside of a Swan Vestas match box was modified to display an image of a sailboat on folded papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Boundless, 1983

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-03044-3089
Scope and Contents

This a circular book object has a spiral spine completely encircling its cover so that it cannot be opened. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Ian Hamilton Finlay in a Bottle, 1995

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-00623-637
Scope and Contents

The poem by Ian Hamilton Finlay, printed on a small paper fragment, reads "warship worship." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Words for the World, 1995

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-09826-10020
Scope and Contents

This a collection of watchwords inprinted on pencils to promote understanding and good will. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Flotilla, 2000

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-35183-36917
Scope and Contents

The images on the clear acetate sheets are great sailing ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Blue Lemon, 1998

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-35431-37166
Scope and Contents

This is a commercial Swiss match box that advertises a night club, 'Hot Lemon.' Finlay has printed in the same typography on the opposite side, 'Blue Lemon.' The poem that substitutes for the address site of "Hot Lemon" reads, Moray Firth Seine Netter - Fruition - Port Letters / Fishing Nos. INS265. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Survival Series, 1985

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-50907-71985
Scope and Contents

Two of each of the pencils are stamped on the side panels with the following: YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE; WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON'T?; PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT; MEN DON'T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE; THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET; THE FUTURE IS STUPID. This series predates the edition published by the Albright-Knox Gallery Buffalo in 1991 in which the stampings were done in black ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Mystery of the Magic Box: An Open and Shut Case, 1996

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-31048-32510
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was designed by the first three authors and the exhibition was curated by the last two. Ron Glowin contributed an essay on the art of making art in boxes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

dbqp, No. 101: An Introduction to the History and Data Base of dbqp, 1990

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-14502-14813
Scope and Contents

Provides chronology of Huth as a publisher and editor of dbqp, a listing of dbqp preswordks, an extensive analysis of the background and materials for each dbqp publication, a single page on items received for review, and duplicate issues of dbqp #102-106. Wooden object appears to have shape of a popsickle stick and is rubberstamped "dboocmarqp #2." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

dbqp, No. 133: th shlls (pt. 4 of the scentnces), 1991

 Item — Box: 301
Identifier: CC-14650-14963
Scope and Contents

Also designated Objecta #9. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991