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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2661 Collections and/or Records:

At the Margins: Artists' Books in the 80's / Trend, David; Phillpot C; Wilson M; Lyons J; Lehrer W., 1985

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Identifier: CC-01222-1253
Scope and Contents

Review of Artists Books Conference in Boston, 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

At the Margins: Artists' Books in the 80's / Trend, David; Phillpot C; Wilson M; Lyons J; Lehrer W., 1985

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Identifier: CC-01223-1254
Scope and Contents

Review of Artists Books Conference in Boston, 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Atlantic, The. No.4/Oct / Petro P ; Phillips T ; King S ; Osborn K ; Zwicker T., 1990

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Identifier: CC-24982-25435
Scope and Contents

Pamela Petro's essay "Books as Works of Art" describes "A Humument" by Tom Phillips ("perhaps the most famous artist's book to date"), "I Spent the Summer in Paris" by Susan King, and "Tropos" by Kevin Osborn. All of these books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Atlas. No.1 / Tilson J., 1985

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Identifier: CC-25286-25742
Scope and Contents

Edited by Jake Tilson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Avantcular, 2015

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Identifier: CC-60283-10003282
Scope and Contents

This book is considered unique because of its stencilled, hand painted cover.The original cover is from a Popular Mechanics Encyclopedia titled "Do It Yourself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

Avec l'Oeil du Savoir / Lalou, Frank., 1988

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Identifier: CC-07507-7651
Scope and Contents This is among one of the first of the unique books made by the calligrapher.Wiipedia: Frank was born in Marmande Lalou in 1958. His parents settled in 1956 in the small town in south-western France after leaving Morocco because of the climate of insecurity before the independence of this country. From his early childhood he was immersed in the tranquil atmosphere of Gascony near the Garonne. In 1965, his parents in search of sun, leaving the Aquitaine to live in Nice. At the age of twelve, he discovered the beauty of Jewish culture and Hebrew letters. But the narrow-minded and old-fashioned teaching of the rabbis of the time, do not invite her to deepen their Jewish practice.Its great meeting at the age of nine with the work of Johann Sebastian Bach is crucial. His passion for this musician is the source of all his research. At twelve, he began learning the piano and teases his teachers because he wants to play as Bach. It is during this period that began his long friendship with...
Dates: 1988

Avenue. Sum / Minsky R ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 1992

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Identifier: CC-26432-26901
Scope and Contents

Includes an article on Minsky and mentions that the Sackner Archive has subscribed to his latest book, "Minsky in Bed." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

BABBALLY: The Destruction of Mindfuck Diplomacy, 1990

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Identifier: CC-27046-27520
Scope and Contents

A second, smaller book entitled "fatherization" is bound within the back cover of the primary book. It fits into an envelope attached to the poster which is wrapped around it. The wrapping is printed with And's neo-dada, Zaum, computer generated poetry. The cassette, titled "BaBBally," records a reading of the poem by And. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Back Down / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09057-9236
Scope and Contents

Book relates to dreams about television images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Bad Monkey Poem / Depew, Wally., 1980

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Identifier: CC-58143-10001395
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a single letter of the title, one series with solid black letters, another with black outline letters. Two black outline letters are left over, viz. 'l' and 'i' amd one solid black 't.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980