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Letter picture

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

Lletra Coixa/Letra Coja, 1996

 Item — Box 48: [Barcode: 31858072538667]
Identifier: CC-28028-29182
Scope and Contents

The poem object consists of a large wooden capital letter 'A' with one of its legs shortened and placed over a pile of lower case, cut-out, black paper letters and crosses. The letters 'u' & 'd' can be distinguish among others in this pile. Since the title of this work is "Lewd Woman Letter," the 'A' probably symbolizes adultress, as in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

L's & Mirror Imaged L's, 1967

 Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]
Identifier: CC-56263-9999703
Scope and Contents

This print depicts L's and mirror imaged L's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Masques D'Ecrit: Le Theatre de L'Ecriture, 1986

 Item — Box 178: [Barcode: 31858072459468]
Identifier: CC-05852-5962
Scope and Contents

The sculpture is a plastic an opened plastic cylinder that contains a face from hand crumpled paper with typed letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

[Multiple E's], 1966

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-55435-9999123

Nine Prints Exhibited in Live in Your Head Exhibition, 2000

 Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-35074-36802
Scope and Contents

The catalogue of the exhibition, for which these prints that were originally made in the period 1965 -1975, is also held by the Sackner Archive. The prints probably were a small edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Pieces of Painting - Slices of Thought, 1996

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-03710-3781
Scope and Contents

This depicts a single white "O' on a gray background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Plan / Cobbing, Bob., 21 February 1971

 Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17487-17853
Scope and Contents

In a personal communication from Paula Claire, she stated that this poem ie 'two' of 'Three Poems for Voice and Movement' by Bob Cobbing (1971). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 21 February 1971

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