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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 253 Collections and/or Records:

Quincy Book, 1973

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-24627-25080
Scope and Contents

This catalogue consists solely of photographs of Carl Andre's home town of Quincy, e.g., monuments, stone quarries, discarded railway tracks, etc. There is no text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Quincy Book, 2013

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-58628-10001859
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was published as reprint of the original 1973 book and consists solely of photographs of Carl Andre's home town of Quincy, e.g., monuments, stone quarries, discarded railway tracks, etc. There is no text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

Quintet, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-44406-46555
Scope and Contents

Of this group of poets, Calleja's contributions were the only visual poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Random Sightings (With No One Around); letters from d.a. levy, 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-47224-49967
Scope and Contents

This book consists of letters in reproduction from d.a. levy to his friends. The originals were handwritten, typed, and mimeographed. In addition, several of levy's abstract expressionistic paintings are reproduced in color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Ravaged with Joy / William Everson ; R Creeley ; G Snyder ; D Kelm, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31909-33434
Scope and Contents

This broadside is an announcement of a book and CD of a poetry reading by Everson held at University of California, Davis in 1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Reading & the Arts of the Book, 1992

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-03561-3625
Scope and Contents

Badges worn by the Sackners as participants in the Getty symposium. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Redbook: A Book of Hours, 1992

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-34619-36320
Scope and Contents

This book lists women's names in alphabetical order according to day and time on a daily basis over a year to symbolize the average annual estimate of reported forcible rapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Rejected Cover Design For Hansjorg Mayer 1979 Catalogue, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-54410-52461
Scope and Contents

This drawing was rejected for the cover design by Hansjorg Mayer because it was too complcated for a book cover. Thepoem reads "I had come about art - after only one readingi was able to tell her, - it was a Journal of secret scribing and hiding a work of fiction - interspersed wit used art - read the toge story - there are certain scenes and feelings" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Réparation de Poésie, No. 15: Oú les grandes esprits se rassmblent, 2004

 Item — Box 243: [Barcode: 31858072459286]
Scope and Contents

The texts and covers were done by Jean-Claude Gagnon. Corrections and page placements were written by Jocelyn St-Pierre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. The top of the box translates the French title to "Where Great Spirits Gather..." (English) and "Dove i spiriti grandi sincontranno" (Italian).

Dates: 2004

Res Publica: The Public Works 1968-1999, 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-34554-36253
Scope and Contents

Although Gerz began as a visual poet, his later work dealt often with the events of the Holocaust. Gerz's public works frequently took the form of interviews and participation of the viewer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Revolte, 1988

 Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]
Identifier: CC-15974-16309
Scope and Contents

Each letter of the word REVOLTE, separately framed, is made of chewing gum by the artist who describes in each accompanying diary text what, when, and duration of the type of gum he chewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Robin Gillanders Little Sparta, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35424-37159
Scope and Contents

The introductory section of the book consists of three pages of aphorisms dealing with gardening by Ian Hamilton Finlay. This is followed by 29 black and white photographs of Little Sparta by Gillanders. Then Alec Finlay writes a brief essay on the garden and its visual challenge to photography. Gillanders who photographed the garden for this book conducts an interview about the project with Ian Hamilton Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Rue de la Chaumiere / The Cradle of Montparnasse, 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42100-44101
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book with the same title printed letterpress in 1988. Crombie describes the history of the neighborhood and the artists and writers who lived there. He provides the history of printing by the Kickshaws Press whose shop was initially housed in Montparnasse. The Press was closed in 1994 but Crombie still retains a small shop in another location in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Serial Couleure - Clomorama 47, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-43926-46036
Scope and Contents

This book illustrates and describes the monochromatique color themed events organized and produced by Hubaut in various towns in France and Japan. Hubaut writes, "I have chosen to develop my current practice on colour from the three founding elements in modern art - the monochrome, the ready-made and the gesture. I construct my monchrome 'sites' from given or borrowed objects donated by a public often isolated from the art melieu. This is a tactic to reach a wider audience." Hubaut designates himself a "color guerilla." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Simultan-Kunststucken, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-39262-41209
Scope and Contents

The book consists mainly of reproductions of photographs of the Rixdorfer group working on their press. Several prints are also reproduced. The covers depict reproductions of eight prints laid out on folded papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975