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Subject Source: Sackner Database

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Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession, 1991

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Identifier: CC-30563-31996
Scope and Contents

Joni Mabe designed the cover and had several drawings reproduced in this book.The book and card from Greil Marcus to the Sackners reflects the gratitude of Marcus to the Sackners for making a connection between Mabe and him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Dean of S.F.'s Marxist Poetry / Weiss, Mike; Ferlinghetti L; Sackner MA; Falk A., 2000

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Identifier: CC-33940-35612
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In this review of Hirschman's life and writing, Marvin Sackner is mentioned as "one of the country's foremost collectors of poetry [who] has amassed hundreds of Hirschman's works, and commissioned others, in essence supporting the artist during that period, in the style of a Renaissance patron." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Der Junge Friedell, 1977

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Identifier: CC-15132-15453
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS

Devil's Artisan (DA). No.48/Spr-Sum., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37999-39885
Scope and Contents

This issue deals with the work of Carl Dair, a Canadian typographer. The loose print is a typographical example of Cartier Book type, a modification of his typeface by Rod McDonald. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Devil's Artisan, The. No.27., 1990

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Identifier: CC-14689-15002
Scope and Contents

This issue is largely devoted to "Life after the Rebellion: William Lyon Mackenzie as Printer after 1837" by Chris Raible and Nancy Luno. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Devil's Artisan, The. No.30., 1992

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Identifier: CC-14704-15017
Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Differences For Four Hands / Waldrop, Rosmarie., 1984

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Identifier: CC-42762-44801
Scope and Contents

Waldrop presents an imagined relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Disavowals / Cahun, Claude ; Susan de Muth, translator ; Agnes Lhermitte, translator ; MacOrlan P., 2008

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Identifier: CC-49124-70164
Scope and Contents Claude Cahun (1894-1954), born Lucy Schwob, was a French poet, artist, photographer, writer, performance artist, and "queer freak," who explored the ambivalence of gender and sexual identity in her work. During the 1920s, she lived in Paris with her life-long partner and stepsister Suzanne Malherbe aka Marcel Moore ("the other me"). Together they collaborated on written works, sculptures, photomontages, and collages. Cahun is known for confronting the public's perception of sexuality, gender, beauty, and logic both in her Surrealist work and in her lifestyle. Cahun was known for her public appearances disguised as a sailor, gypsy, vampire, Buddha, or angel. Her collected writings were published in 2002 as Claude Cahun - Ecrits (edited by Francois Leperlier). In May, 1930, Editions Carrefour of Paris first published a book called Aveux non avenus, in which Cahun explored her subversive aesthetics in book form. Disavowals: or Cancelled Confessions is significant in that it is the...
Dates: 2008
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Dismal Document / Sonnenfeld, Mark., 2009

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Identifier: CC-49761-70814
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The enclosed sheet is a reprint of an article describing Sonnenfeld as an experimental street poet. He has a background in classical piano and guitar and composition, but turned to poetry to vent his creativity in another direction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Dmitri Prigov [Exhibit Catalog] , 2012

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Identifier: CC-62905-10004552
Dates: 2012
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS

Dmitry Prigov: Staging the image as artist and writer, 2018

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Identifier: CC-62907-10004553
Scope and Contents

Stored in Prigov box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2018
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Documents in the Visual Arts Volume 2: H.N. Werkman / Werkman, Hendrik., 1967

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Identifier: CC-35667-37417
Scope and Contents

The book includes full page reproductions of 13 typewriter poems dating from 1923-1929. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Draftsman, Writer, Poet, Composer (Edited by Elka Spoerri) / Wolfli, Adolf ; Spoerri E ; Szeemann H ; Artaud A ; Breton A ; Cage J ; Cocteau J ; Dubuffet J ; Duchamp M ; Eluard P ; Ernst M ; Magritte R ; Messager A ; Ossorio A ; Michaux H ; Paz O ; Ranier A ; Riley T ; Spoerri D ; Tapie M ; Thomkins A ; Schwarz D ; Tinguely J ; Tzara T ; Warhol A ; Ratz M., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28523-29803
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This well illustrated book clearly presents Wolfli's life, art, and pyschiatric disturbances. The editor indicates that Wolfli sold his art from the mental institution where he was confined until his death in 1930 of intestinal cancer. His work was rediscovered by Dubuffet after WW II. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Dream Machine / Gysin, Brion ; Laura Hoptman, curator ; Burroughs WS ; P-orridge G ; Giorno J., 2010

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Identifier: CC-56811-10000179
Scope and Contents The Sackners attended this spectacular exhibition. Water Row Books: This is the first comprehensive survey of the works of the radical artist Brion Gysin, featuring a stunning selection of illustrations. During his lifetime Brion Gysin (1916-1986) inspired an array of artists, writers, poets and musicians, notably the Beat Generation. Since his death Gysin's own work has only increased in popularity, yet his radical approach to art defies categorization. Brion Gysin: Dream Machine is the first detailed study of Gysin's oeuvre in both art-historical and contemporary contexts. A devotee of invention, Gysin created paintings, drawings, photo-collages, installations, poetry and sound experiments. He produced the cut-up collage novel The Third Mind (1965) with William Burroughs, and with Ian Sommerville developed the Dreamachine (1961), a kinetic sculpture designed to induce visions by playing flickering light on the closed eyes of the viewer. This exciting new book, featuring incisive...
Dates: 2010
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Drezehn Autorenportrats / Klemm, Wilhelm, editor ; Apollinaire G ; Schwitters K ; Riha K., 1995

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Identifier: CC-08163-8324
Scope and Contents

Karl Riha edited the series that included this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Drink Cultura , 1993

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Identifier: CC-23642-24089
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS

Drop out! / Farquharson, Robin., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48326-69351
Scope and Contents This book is stored in a box with Houedard material owing to dsh's indebtedness to Farquarson for the slash-dash typewriter font although there is no mention of it in thos book. This book is an autobiographic episode in the life of Robin Farquharson who ditched a successful university career and simply dropped out, living on the streets of London, and his acquaintance with L.S.D. The content has similarities with Situationism. Robin Farquharson was a very brilliant young man who had become interested in the theory of voting while he was still an undergraduate. This theory was published with Michael Dummett. Robin Farquharson fell victim to this awful mental illness (manic-depressive) and couldn't really do any more creative work. . There was a dramatic episode when he entered the prize fellowship examination at All Souls. He quite certainly would have been elected but for the insane telephone conversation he had with the Warden on the eve of the election meeting -- the first...
Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Regan / Morris, Edmund., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33557-35207
Scope and Contents Morris was selected as the official biographer of President Reagan in 1984 and had access to the president, the White House and archival material. The literary techique he utilized in writing this book can be classsified as postmodernist non-fiction because Morris' "biographical mind" became another character in telling Reagan's life story. Further, the varied typography in this book also is a postmodernist trait.The Barnes & Noble Review commented as follows. Ronald Reagan has long inspired heated opinions: His defenders think him among the greatest of presidents (Could there really have been "” and not so long ago "” a movement to add his image to Mount Rushmore?), and his detractors rate him among the worst. He was a man who relied on a sort of national nostalgia; he often spoke of how things once were (or, perhaps more accurately, how he would have had us believe they once were), evoking a simpler, more innocent time that never really existed. The stories he shared in an...
Dates: 1999
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Edward Wright / Rykwert, Joseph; Wright E., 1988

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Identifier: CC-03286-3335
Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

El Poema de la Rosa als Llavis / Salvat-Papasseit, Joan ; Molas J ; Marinetti FT., 1978

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Identifier: CC-49558-70606
Scope and Contents

Joaquim Molas contributed a lengthy introductory biographic essay. This is the 22nd printing of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

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