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Calligraphic markings

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Delivre II / Barron, Susan., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-23927-24375
Scope and Contents

This work, which was commissioned by the Sackner Archive, was subsequently made into a limited edition print with the same title. The main poem in the center of the work, constructed as a paper relief from clippings of newspapers and magazines with varied typefaces and dimensions, begins "I am writing a letter on the back side of a cloud." Other briefer poems are also incorporated into the work using fragments of different languages. The major visual image is a paper relief man-feathered-animal like figure with a poem as its tail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Delivre II / Barron, Susan., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-24202-24654
Scope and Contents

The print was reproduced from a unique collage held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Delivre II Proof / Barron, Susan., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-24204-24656
Scope and Contents

Prints were reproduced from a unique collage held by the Sackner Archive. This proof, according to the artist, is the penultimate proof run "before the real thing." Includes specific instructions for changes to the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988