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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ampersand, The. No.3/Sum / Johnston A., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-24570-25023
Scope and Contents

Contains article by Alistair Johnston on gravestones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Musings on the Vernacular / Johnston, Alastair ; Marinetti FT ; Apollinaire G ; Schwitters K ; Villegle J ; Hains R., 1988

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Identifier: CC-08231-8393
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is photographic reproductions of textural and pictographic images of shop signs and billboards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Trance & Recalcitrance: The Private Voice in the Public Realm / Poltroon Press ; Butler F ; Johnston A ; Jandl E ; Gysin B ; Ginsberg A ; Hirschman J ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04763-4852
Scope and Contents

Essays by Frances Butler and Alastair Johnston present a historical, personal view of the founding of Poltroon, its philosophy and their artistic journeys during the twenty years of the press, a private voice in the public realm. They mention seeing the exhibition, "The Altered Page" at the Center for Book Arts, NYC consisting of works from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995