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Illustrated book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

A Tapestry of Languages, 1994

 Item — Box 625: [Barcode: 31858073143897]
Identifier: CC-28857-30176
Scope and Contents

The book extolls America with poems in several languages. These languages, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, and Armenian, are calligraphed and printed on different colored backgrounds opposite an American seal which picks up the same color in one of its components. All the handwritten texts are also printed together on the fold-out page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: [Good Friday] , 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-28373-29568
Scope and Contents

This print is from the first version of the work which was mostly destroyed in a fire at Editions Alecto. Less than three copies of the prints from the first version survived. Tom Phillips did not select this image for his final version of the Inferno. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

How to Read and Write in the Dark, 1996

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-34622-36323
Scope and Contents

Miranda Maher composed the drawings and Barbara Henning wrote the text. The prose is diaristic with found text from the author's imagination and bits and pieces of material discovered by her. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

L'Hiver Qui Vient, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-04317-4397
Scope and Contents

This deluxe edition contains an original collage and a duplicate suite of prints on rag paper that was made in Barcelona. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Livres d'Artistes, 1987

 Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]
Identifier: CC-07388-7532
Scope and Contents

This unusual exhibition catalog, which itself can be classified as an artist book, consists of booklets with reproductions from limited editioned artist and illustrated books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Man / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-28318-29496
Scope and Contents

The pages iIlustrate on facing pages, in cartoon style, well known metaphors about "man and heart," e.g., Man with a heart of gold, Man who juggled the hearts of others, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

One Special Summer, 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-21369-21780
Scope and Contents

An illustrated record of the two sisters' summer together in Europe in 1951 prepared originally as a thank-you present for their parents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Read and Book, 1998

 Item — Box 203: [Barcode: 31858072460102]
Identifier: CC-31768-33282
Scope and Contents

"Read" lists 18 definitions of the word "read," and "Book" lists seven definitions of the word "book" and combinations and phrases incorporating the word "book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror , 1983

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-25646-26104
Scope and Contents

This bookwork is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Stitchin' Time: A Winter Patchwork, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-25678-26138
Scope and Contents

The prints are stylized realistic images made to commemorate the 1981 Winter Solstice. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Woman / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-28320-29498
Scope and Contents

The pages iIlustrate on facing pages, in cartoon style, well known metaphors about "woman and heart," e.g., Woman who held her heart prisoner, Woman whose heart had a mind of its own, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Your Fortune / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-28321-29499
Scope and Contents

The pages iIlustrate on facing pages, in cartoon style, well known advice given in astrology charts and fortune cookies; the texts are presented in a concrete poetic style, e.g., Today everything will seem LARGER than life, WARNING: There is a long road ahead of you, travel lightly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994