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Calligraphic text

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Brew Moon, 1994

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-24001-24451
Scope and Contents

This is a napkin designed and lettered by Jan Baker as an advertisement for a beer brewery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Butt Wipe, 1998

 Item — Box 136: [Barcode: 31858072457843]
Identifier: CC-33248-34878
Scope and Contents

The expression "butt wipe" is written as a grid obsessively on the entire roll of toilet paper. The box was made by Sloy's husband, Nic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Cabalist Book], 1992

 Item — Box 255: [Barcode: 31858072458247]
Identifier: CC-07238-7381
Scope and Contents

The artist writes "This book is a visual manifestation of my musings after a night in the Scriptorium Sackner. It may be read from either direction, or opened randomly. It is given with thanks and affection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

[Calligraphic dsh 1], 1967

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-55341-9999088

[Calligraphic dsh 2], 1967

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-55342-9999089

Cartouche of Un Nome Singing, 1998

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-31726-33238
Scope and Contents

The title page reads - Gnostic: the nome of she are words of power, unspeakable and dwelling in forrest shadow in the midst of insect song. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Catalogue in a Suitcase, 1993

 Item — Box 91: [Barcode: 31858072538154]
Identifier: CC-06545-6664
Scope and Contents

This catalogue is a yellow, plastic suit case which contains dried grass behind the transparent plastic sheet that lists exhibitions and works for sale by Merz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

(Completely Covered) Random Sightings [The Cleveland Undercovers Sessions], 2001

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-40257-42228
Scope and Contents

According to Horvath, "These nine unpublished drafts of 'cleveland undercovers' trace the poem's progression from its single sheet origin to a 16 page manuscript containing sections which were later removed. None of the early versions contained the 'Introduction' which only appeared with the published poem. 'cleveland undercovers' was initially printed by 7 flowers press." The cover print was based upon a photograph published in a 1966 edition of the Cleveland Press by David Pishnery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Conflux, 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-49905-70963
Scope and Contents

Every other page consists of a sequential listing of names of people written in black ink enccountered by Noel overlaid by a page written in red ink of the circumstances. The original manuscript that inspired this book is also owned by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Construyo Mi Deseo, 1999

 Item — Box 105: [Barcode: 31858073143814]
Identifier: CC-38056-39945
Scope and Contents

Warck-Meister handwrites the phrase of the title using a glue gun in a continuous path of attached letters. The translation of the title is "I construct my desire." The phrase adjacent to it and upside down reads, "I destroy your desire." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Couve le Feu, 2000

 Item — Box 132: [Barcode: 31858072457827]
Identifier: CC-35103-36831
Scope and Contents

The egg is engraved with the title, perfect imprint, embellished with an original engraving enclosed with a text by Michael Gluck. This book object was delivered with rolled, uncrumpled pages within the shell. Their removal caused them to crumpled. The texts are egg shaped and printed on Tibetian paper with one raised, ink and gold leaf illuminated letter per page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Dangling Participle, 1998

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-32014-33545
Scope and Contents

This work was purchased from the exhibition "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show" at The Center for Book Arts, New York. The exhibition was curated by Kumi Korf and Charlotte Thorpe. Hensel describes her work as follows: "The words we all speak and think link together in sentences, disjointed phrases, odd web structures, broken threads and dangling participles. The words rush out of a vein, they cascade over all our experiences. This particular piece is about those threads of conversation left unfinished, dangling out of context, with sometimes unexpected consequences. At the time that I wrote this piece, I was thinking about the cruelty of teenage girls and about the half-truths and innuendos we hear on the news daily. This is a meander through the effects of impulsive adolescent conversations and rumors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Der Geklonte Sammler, 2002

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-39417-41369
Scope and Contents

Consists of portraits of 11 art and book arts collectors, including Marvin Sackner who is depicted as a flying airplane. The documentation sheet is attached inside the box top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Diamond-Studded Fishnet, 1982

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-13006-13298
Scope and Contents

This card also served as an invitation to a private viewing of "A Pittenweem Fancy" by Finlay at Kellie Lodging during the Royal Burgh of Pittenweem Arts Festival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Drug - store, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35045-36769
Scope and Contents

This is a complex drawing dealing with a stylized white faced, portrait of a pharmacist working at a counter next to a bed that has bottles placed on its top surface. There is no vanishing point of three dimensionality. Shelves with colored bottles are placed at the top of the drawing along with a pair of white curtains painted with a red cross. Written and printed text surround the image in a chaotic fashion. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000