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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 548 Collections and/or Records:

Atelier des Grames: Les Xueyeteterret ou les Boules de tnarapculnaej, 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-31595-33093
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is balls and the eyes. The text is densely printed in the shape of a circle or the four corner perimeter of a circle. The wood block prints depict images of small human figures with handwriting. This book is one of a series entitled, Collection Grames-Ecriture. The prints and cover were made by Emile Bernard Souchiere. Stored in Parant box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Autobiografffia, 1981

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-21630-22041

Basements in the Music-Box, 1986

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-22267-22689
Scope and Contents

Poetry by L. Ballentine, illustrations by J. Bailiff. Edited and designed by Miekal And. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

[Beach Ball], 1997

 Item — Box unknown: [Barcode: 31858073143673]
Identifier: CC-32325-33889
Scope and Contents

The object is a beach paddle with its shaft cut-off; the main image is a cyclops humanoid figure with bird claws for feet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Berlin Years, 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46976-49714
Scope and Contents

This work is stored with McSweeney's periodicals. The prints depict surrealistic images. The book is a collection of facsimile pages from Dzama's sketch book; the book's title is Dracula. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Boat Ride, 1975

 Item — Box 199: [Barcode: 31858072459690]
Identifier: CC-19999-20387
Scope and Contents

The object is a small toy boat made of plaster and painted black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Bon Voyage Freddie!, 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-60094-10003113
Scope and Contents

The first French edition of Bon Voyage Freddie! was printed by hand by the artist and author in 1980 in 95 examples by Editions Kickshaw. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Books and Broadsides, 2004

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-42956-45000
Scope and Contents

This card reprints a poem, "The World below the Window." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Books To Burn, 1989

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-23330-23770
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Tom Trusky. The cover and pages are in the the shape of oversize matches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bordeaux Vineyard: Ausonius / Furnival, John., 1986

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13175-13476
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Bread and Water, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-27880-29019
Scope and Contents

Alison Knowles analyzed the cracks on the bottom crusts of her home-made breads and discovered a universe of rivers, Matching each crack in the crust to a river pattern, she created palladium prints with river image, literary passages and text fragments. Henry Martin, in his introductory text, describes this book as an "experience." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Breathing Thoughtful Breath, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-09175-9356
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. A diptyche of computer generated prints display a young girl on the left holding a bouquet of flowers in an outdoors environment and a listing of archaic quotations on breathing on the right, including among others "from the healthy breath of morn... down and out breath... breathing thoughtful breath... last breath he drew in... clothed with his breath... breathe not his name... waste of breath the years behind...this present breath may buy..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Bridge] , 1994

 Item — Folder 49: [Barcode: 31858072537834]
Identifier: CC-16147-16490
Scope and Contents

The top half of this print is a photograph of a bridge over a body of water. The bottom half is the same scene rendered in the repeated words brisa (breeze), abatido (downcast), abismo (abyss), abajo (under), barato (cheap), alejar (move away) - themes related to suicide. The calligraphic text is rendered by computer typeface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Broken Knuckle Poems, 1969

 Item — Box 350: [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-21929-22341
Scope and Contents

The cover and 4 prints were done by Aaron Pori. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969