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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 234 Collections and/or Records:

Anabasi Senza Nome: Poesa Visuale e Libro D'Artiste in Italia, 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29320-30681
Scope and Contents

The text deals with historic aspects of artist books, concrete poetry, and visual poetry in Italy during the twentieth century with illustrations from the seveties and eighties. The collage is tipped-in to the page facing the title page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Anatomy of a Shakespeare Man/Anatomy of a Shakespeare Woman, 1998

 Item — Box 317: [Barcode: 31858072490844]
Identifier: CC-32612-34194
Scope and Contents

The pages depict illustrations of a man and a woman with reproductions of anatomical drawings adapted from various medieval and renaissance texts, captioned with quotations from Shakespeare's plays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Ancestor Dragon Buddha Bean, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-08007-8163
Scope and Contents

Deals with Knowle's theme of the bean. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Around Work Ball, 1999

 Item — Box 338: [Barcode: 31858072491230]
Identifier: CC-36352-38142
Scope and Contents

This collaboration consisted of reproductions of layers of text, handwriting, gauze and block letters printed on green paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

au-dela du declic: film [limited editon], 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-53651-55958
Scope and Contents

The blank pages in this book are counted as pages. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe copy of this work issued in 10 copies in 1965. In addition, there were 500 trade edition copies also publshed in 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Basic Lights], 1994

 Item — Box 286: [Barcode: 31858072460672]
Identifier: CC-09783-9977
Scope and Contents

Each cigarette is printed with the statement "I swear this is absolutely the last cigarette I will ever smoke." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Big Skies and Little Stones, 1987

 Item — Box 312: [Barcode: 31858072490828]
Identifier: CC-58308-10001540
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts clusters of small colored circles and Wolfgang Schmidt did the printing. The book of 100 copies is out of print and not held byh the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Bilderspiegel, 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-49055-70093
Scope and Contents

In this book which is also designated as Tangenten No.4, a small square of mirror is set in stamped out thin card pages. One glassine page overlays it with a printed magic square poem. Parts of the backing of the mirror have been scatched out by the artist and it has been glued down to the card. Poetry has been printed on the pages with the stamped out sections. This book was edited by Walter Aue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Black (cover), 1966

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-49039-10002909
Scope and Contents

Khu-En-Oho is another name for d.a. levy -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.


The booklet is formed from three poems: "Black Hat : At the End of the Bar,"3 American Tanka"/"3 Tanks," and "Egyptian Stroboscope." Though they do not appear in the table of contents, four other shorter poems are mingled throughout: "Iron Cross of the Sun," "SCrape the SKY-rapeR,"Flying Muslim," and "Judgement I."

Dates: 1966

Black Hat: at the end of the bar, 2004

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-59874-10002930
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by the publisher and printer, Jason Davis. This title was first printed by 400 Rabbit Press, Cleveland 1966 in 120 copies. The layout of the poem on the right sid e of the page is reminiscent of ee cummings' style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Black Hat: at the end of the bar, 2004

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-42950-44994
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by the publisher and printer, Jason Davis. This title was first printed by 400 Rabbit Press, Cleveland 1966 in 120 copies. The layout of the poem on the right side of the page is reminiscent of ee cummings' style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Box of Growth, 1999

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-34487-36184
Scope and Contents

Esther K Smith was the art director and Dikko Faust did the letterpress and typography for this bookwork by Happersett. The colophon states that "This series of mathematical drawings is based on growth and decay patterns of twigs and the Fibonacci sequence," The books are entitled, "Twig," "Leaf," "Conch," "Bloeman" and "Sprout." Each page of the books is made with additional calligraphic strokes using a progressive Fibonacci sequence page by page to connote the natural history of growth of the plants mentioned in the titles.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Brogliaccio Sive Liber de Broliis, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27680-28768
Scope and Contents

This book is a reprint of a unique artist book done by Caruso in 1977 in Firenze; its pages are uncut. It was published on the occasion of an exhibition by Caruso entitled, "Caso di Giorgione" held in Castelofranco Veneto, Treviso, Italy in 1996. The pages of the book reproduce a written text which appears to be documented on a printed foldout from the front cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

by, 1999

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-33548-35198
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces examples of correspondence between Basinski and Beaulieu, publisher of House Press. Beaulieu also designed the covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Chanskaja Stavka, 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-27025-27499
Scope and Contents

This book is based upon Velimir Khlebnikov's "Chanskaja Stavka," the title for a magic and fictional world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988