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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Abstract Art / Ashman, Stuart, editor ; Lohr H ; Tuttle R ; Nauman B., 2003

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Identifier: CC-43890-45994
Scope and Contents

This book, curated by Stuart Ashman with artist profiles by Suzanne Deats, features abstract artists from New Mexico. Included is Helmut Lohr whose works are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Art at Auction 1997-1998 / Sotheby's ; Nauman B ; Basquiat JM ; Apollinaire G ; Apianus P., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31395-32882
Scope and Contents

Petrus Apianus' illustrated book, "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540) is depicted and described. The Sackner Archive holds a facsimile edition of this work. The catalogue entry of this original masterpiece states: "This copy is a magnificent example of 16th-century bookmaking. The Astronomicum Caesareum contains a broad analysis of Ptolemaic astronomy and is notable for Apianus's pioneering observations on comets, particularly his discovery that comets always point their tails away from the sun. The elaborate folio includes more than 100 woodcut and typographic diagrams, vignettes and illustrations in the text, many with movable type." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Contemporary American Prints Recent Acquisitions / Gorny AP ; Nauman B ; Noble A ; Wilson R ; Tuttle R., 1985

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Identifier: CC-31567-33062
Scope and Contents

The list of prints exhibited includes Anthony-Peter Gorny's Magpie Caliper (1976-1980), a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

First Impressions: Early Prints by Forty-six Contempoary Artists / Acconci V ; Bartlett J ; Holzer J ; Johns J ; Nauman B ; Oldenburg C ; Rivers L ; Ruscha E ; Wiley WT ; Winters T., 1989

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Identifier: CC-11383-11599
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Armstrong curated the exhibition and wrote the catalogue essays along with Sheila McGuire. Jennifer Bartlett's print Day and Night (1978), a work held by the Sackner Archive, is documented and reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Modifications: Detrompe - L'Oeil / Spoerri, Daniel ; Restany P ; Topor R ; Roth D ; Nauman B ; Tzara T., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31651-33155
Scope and Contents

This was one of three catalogues published during an exhibition entitled, Modifications: Baj, Jorn, Spoerri. The pictures that are reproduced in this catalogue are realistic paintings that have been altered by Spoerri through collaged additions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Words and Images: A Persistent Paradox / Bowman, Russell; Johns J; Ruscha E; Wiley WT; Nauman B., 1985

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Identifier: CC-22436-22860
Scope and Contents

Bowman reviews contemporary use of words in conjunction with visual art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985