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Visual/verbal

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 315 Collections and/or Records:

The Old Morgan Pharmacy, 1991

 Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 31858069877862]
Identifier: CC-23439-23883
Scope and Contents

This print was commissioned by the Temple University School of Pharmacy, Marvin Sackner's undergraduate college. It depicts the counter of the old Morgan Pharmacy originally housed at 17th & Walnut St., Philadelphia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Phenomenology of Revelation, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-46982-49720
Scope and Contents

2700 copies were bound in soft covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Principles of Alchemy: A Conceptual Outline, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-07220-7362
Scope and Contents

This a photocopied facsimile of a sketchbook. The original was in black and white rendered with ink. Laffoley notes that this facsimile is complete. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

The Ruined Book, 1984

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-20887-21296
Scope and Contents

Includes clipping from the periodical "Performance" reviewing the exhibition. The catalogue features a reproduction of "The Crisis of Western Education," a wall sculpture held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Search for Accidental Significance: for Brian Buczak, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-08782-8957
Scope and Contents

The proceeds from this book went to support people with AIDS. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Spheres, No. 1 & 2, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06393-6510
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 12 & 5, and pages 28 & 21 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. Macia related that he was inspired to make these drawings after visiting the Sackner Archive and viewing Tom Phillips' A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Spheres, No. 3 & 4, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06392-6509
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 68 & 89, and pages 112 & 15?] of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Spheres, No. 5 & 6, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06391-6508
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 32 & 17, and pages 42 & 39 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. The relief elements were cut from other pages in the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Spheres, No. 9 & 10, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06390-6507
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 110 & 99, and pages 70 & 75 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The main image in the upper drawing is a spider; Macia has created its web by repetitive writing of a poem by e.e. cummings, when skies are, in an almost micrographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Spheres, No . 11 & 12, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06389-6506
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 46 & 35, and pages 54[?] & 61 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. The upper drawing depicts Macia's conception of the Tower of Babel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The True Life of Sweeney Todd, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-15037-15354
Scope and Contents

This is a collage novel with words. It contrasts to Max Ernst's collage novels that are written without words. The copious number of illustrations for the novel consist of copperplate engravings collages mostly taken from issues of the Illustrated London News 1860-1900. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

The True Life of Sweeney Todd, 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-15038-15355
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of the hard cover book published by Gabberbochus. The copious number of illustrations for the novel consist of copperplate engravings collages mostly taken from issues of the Illustrated London News 1860-1900. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The Visions of History, 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-07219-7361
Scope and Contents

This a photocopied facsimile of a sketchbook. The original was in ink and color with a single collage. Laffoley notes that this facsimile is incomplete. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

This Is Not Art, 1990

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-07765-7917
Scope and Contents

The collage on the recto was made by John Held, Jr. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Tidal Breathing, 1991

 Item — Folder 29: [Barcode: 31858072459880]
Identifier: CC-14350-14658
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The upper half of this picture depicts a tube-like structure connected to a larger semi-circular one, presumably a highly stylized representation of the lungs. White squiggley lines on a black ground within the latter give an appearance of oceanic tides, thereby providing a metaphor for the title of this work, i.e. Tidal Breathing. The lower half of the picture contains untranslatable hieroglyphics by Ely, his charactistic gestural marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Tile Collage], 1996

 Item — Box 284: [Barcode: 31858073143426]
Identifier: CC-27547-28616
Scope and Contents

Barbera was a student in the New World School of the Arts in Miami and was inspired to make this collage when she saw the exhibition "Visual Hothouse" in the Centre Gallery MDCC, that was on loan from the Sackner collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

To Be Filled, 1987

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-25626-26084
Scope and Contents

Pages of the book are sealed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Tokyokyoto, 1975

 Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-17588-17954
Scope and Contents

This work includes mocked-up pages for the book along with background material. In this book, Cobbing describes his journey from Kyoto to Tokyo using maps, schedules, and poetry to trace the route. Allen Ginsburg's poem "The Change (Kyoto to Tokyo Express)" is also included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975