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Calligraphic text

 Subject

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

I Am a Painter, 1984

 Item — Box 72: [Barcode: 31858070812072]
Identifier: CC-15686-16015
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[I am afraid that to read this letter you might need binoculers] / Seille, Genevieve., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-02424-2464
Scope and Contents

In this letter to the Sackners, the artist writes about her new works which she calls "Architecture Fluide." Examples of this genre were later acquired by the Sackner Archive from an exhibition held at the England Gallery, London in April 1992. -- 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 (processed) / BOOKS / SMALL BOOKS

I Suppose There Should Have Been More Colour, 1974

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Crozier, Robin: [Barcode: 31858072491362]
Identifier: CC-19203-19586
Scope and Contents

This book provides performances directions on fluxus-like themes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Robin Crozier

In a Sequence of Dreams, 1968

 Item — Folder 51: [Barcode: 31858072537842]
Identifier: CC-25592-26050
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

In Rapporto A, 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-37412-39265
Scope and Contents

The calligraphy in this book is varied from page to page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

In Tone, 1990

 Item — Box 634: [Barcode: 31858072491313]
Identifier: CC-17146-17504
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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / C / Cobbing, Bob / 1990s / 1990

Infused, 1994

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31858072491115]
Identifier: CC-49152-70192
Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Ini Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, 1994

 Item — Box 342: [Barcode: 31858073143863]
Identifier: CC-08607-8779
Scope and Contents

The text on the recto of the loose sheet is a calligraphic colored, sound poem using made up words intersperced with abstract images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / B / Bertozzi

Inspire , 1990

 Item — Folder 65: [Barcode: 31858072537990]
Identifier: CC-16594-16947
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sackners relates to his commission for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. -- 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 (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

(Invisible) Random Sightings, 1999

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-48657-69689
Scope and Contents

This issue contains a photograph that is reprinted and reproduced in (Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings. The cover photograph is by Alan Horvath. Reprints numerous collages from Serif (volume 8, number 4, 1972, Marijuana Newsletter #2 (1965), The Day is a Prayer they Can't Understand (1967), Cleveland Undercovers (1966), All Gods Must Learn to Kill (1967). Also reprints Farewell the Floating Cunt (1964) in its entirety. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / Posthumous [1969-2008]

Iron Fist in Yr Yellow Chakra, 1998

 Item — Box 135: [Barcode: 31858072457835]
Identifier: CC-29776-31154
Scope and Contents This book is composed of calligraphic drawings, one to a card, that repetitively presents the title phrase in extremely varied letter styles and sizes using ink, paint, and graphite. Chakra is a word from Yoga that refers to any of the six points along the spine that are supposed to contain certain powers, persinified by Gods and able to be released through the proper exercises. The title phrase is occasionally modified with another word, e.g., "Iron Fuckin Fist In Yr Fuckin Yellow Fuckin Goddamn Chakra." The cards are a masterpiece of experimental calligraphy. The green corrugated cardboard box holding the cards was made by Sloy's husband, Nicholas. Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, described the preparation of the cards by sloy. "The artist put blank paper through a press wiha clean plate to create a border indentation (the blank plate mark) to make the work look like an engraving. This technique was used by printers in the 19th...
Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / nic and sloy

It Is a Tree of Life, 1995

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-24003-24453
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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[It was so sweet...], 1996

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-16388-16738
Scope and Contents

A thank you presentation from Doner to the Sackners in the form of a wedge shaped book, tied and wrapped, containing examples of Doner's ideogramatic drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

JCMCJJ II, 1990

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-01874-1910
Scope and Contents

Text and imagery relates to John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns "Dancers on a Plane." -- 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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Jizz Rim (5th outtake) , 1997

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-31687-33194
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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / Adair, Gilbert

Joseph Delteil - La Cuisine Paleolithique, 1999

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-32988-34609
Scope and Contents

The text is written and drawn with colorful design elements. It reads, "Mange avec les doights. Bois avec le nez." The front cover is stamped with the words "nez" and includes a relief of a cardboard collaged nose. The rear cover is stamped with words "bouche" and contains a relief of cardboard collaged lips. The binding is by Knoderer and the drawings are by Pagiras. Book displayed in glass case and envelope in small objects box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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 (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Christie Pagiras and Daniel Knoderer

Jottings , 2003

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-41456-43441
Scope and Contents

These are samples of Jan Baker designed textiles created in collaboration with Lori Weitzner for an award winning upholstery fabric collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

June 4 - June 8, 2001, 2001

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31858072491115]
Identifier: CC-37489-39342
Scope and Contents

Bennett gave these prints to the Sackners during his visit to the Archive in June 2001. -- 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 (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

K, 2005

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-46812-49544
Dates: 2005
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Ketty La Rocca, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-37421-39274
Scope and Contents

The photographic portion of this book is reprinted from a book first published by Centro DI in Florence, Italy in 1971. The translucent paper, printed pages inserts with writing and abstract markings are new to this edition. The photographs depict realistic intertwined hands and arms from single or multiple subjects usually captioned in Italian and English with a brief phase or poem. There are two translucent paper overlays tracing each one of the photographic images. The top one traces the outlines of the photograph with line and calligraphic text and the bottom one with shading and calligraphic text. Ketty La Rocca was born in 1938 and died in 1976, one year after the book was published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)