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Correspondence art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Artistamp Statement for Anna Banana's Artistamp News, 1992

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-23624-24071
Scope and Contents

Baroni discusses his beginnings as a stamp and correspondence artist and Arte Postale. He mentions collaborative texts for a CD and floppy dics, and a book project in 1993. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Bild/Material: Zum Gebrauch / Image/Material: To be used, 1990

 Item — Box 200: [Barcode: 31858072459708]
Identifier: CC-28044-29200
Scope and Contents

The booklet documents the Mail Art Exhibition curated by Olbrich, "1...2...3 Dimensionen / 1...2...3 dimensions." The theme of this show was to do a work with/in/around cubes measuring 21 x 21 x 21 cm. The exhibition catalogue of the latter is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[bird & flowers], 1997

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-60277-10003277
Scope and Contents

This work was included in pete spence's archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Box of Old Mythologies, 1998

 Item — Box 92: [Barcode: 31858072538295]
Identifier: CC-30729-32174
Scope and Contents

The piece consists of a small suitcase collaged with overlaid pages from a small format encyclopedia that has been printed on wood based acid paper as evidenced by the discolorations. The inside of the suitcase is also collaged with the same pages. Eight cardboard boxes are placed within the suitcase. Their labels related to their contents. For example, a box with the dictionary definition of camouflage contains a paper butterfly cut from a dictionary page that is pinned onto a dictionary page fitted to the bottom of the box. A box labeled lent contains ashes. A box labeled trinity contains an insulated electric wire with three smaller insulated electric wires against a black paper background. According to a letter from Collins, the other copy is in a Hungarian collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Building Plans & Schemes: Mail-Art Project , 1993

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-23735-24182
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Guy Bleus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Campaign '84: Promise Them Anything, 1984

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-16501-16854
Scope and Contents

Mail art show relating to Reagan - Mondale political campaign. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Cavellini 1914-2014, 1995

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-28828-30146
Scope and Contents

This rubber stamp provides a 7.5 cm diameter image that announces Cavellini's exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Collection OUt: Poure Henri Chopin. No.000 , 1973

 Item — Folder 77: [Barcode: 31858072538360]
Identifier: CC-35920-37684
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a line drawing of a self-portrait head. A letter to Chopin from Janco is reproduced below it in white ink on a gray background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

comerlos salvador, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51999-73101
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. The poems deal with political unrest in El Salvador. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Congress Yourself, 1996

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-24193-24645
Scope and Contents

The cover is a postcard of the Acapulco Hotel, the Baroni family hotel where Vittore works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Danny Doughboy / Private World., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-03951-4026
Scope and Contents

Submitted as entry for Homage To The Mad Diarist exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

dark cloud, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-52000-73102
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. The poems intermingle Bennett's calligraphic, stylized words with printed texts by McMurtagh. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Dear Marvin,, 1986

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-21659-22070
Scope and Contents

The recto depicts a collaged, torn, fragmented 50 lira bill surrounded by fragmented letraset letters. The verso contains a message to Marvin Sackner regarding his activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

death the outcome, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51992-73094
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010