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Obituary

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

An eye that captured beauty in the rough / Santiago, Fabiola; Burch, Audra D.S.; Young P., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-50894-71972
Scope and Contents

This is the obituary of Purvis Young, a Miami artists of whom the Sackner Archive holds three unique books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Arte Postale!: Lon's Memorial Juke-Box. No.86/Dec / Lon Spiegelman., 2002

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Identifier: CC-410426-69900
Scope and Contents

Baroni memorializes the death of Lon Spiegelman on December 9, 2002 with a recording of popular songs on 45 rpm records that Spiegelman had sent to Baroni in 1992. He also provides a tribute of his work in the mail network. The total number of copies of this issue amounts to 16 which is an inversion of his age when he died, 61 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Catalan poet created surreal 'visual poems' / Brossa, Joan., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-31714-33226
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds several works by Brossa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Celebrating the Life of Dick Higgins 1938-1998 / Higgins, Dick., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31731-33243
Scope and Contents

Annoucement celbrating the memorial in memory of Higgins at the Judson Memorial Church, New York, December 27, 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Charles Henri Ford, 94, Prolific Poet, Artist and Editor / Smith, Roberta., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39415-41367
Scope and Contents

In 1999 the Ubu Gallery in Manhattan organized a revelatory exhibition of his so-called Prose Poems from the mid-1960's - large, colorful word-strewn collages that combined elements of Concrete poetry and Pop Art and presaged image-text artists like Barbara Kruger. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Dame Iris Murdoch / Levy, Paul; Phillips T., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32011-33542
Scope and Contents

Iris Murdoch's obituary is illustrated with her portrait painted by Tom Phillips. Phillips also designed and illustrated several dust jackets for her novels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Dana Winslow Atchley III - 1941-2000 / Atchley, Dana., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36463-38257
Scope and Contents

This obituary was sent by Craig Saper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Dick Higgins, 60, Innovator in the 1960's Avant-Garde / Smith, Roberta; Knowles A., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31102-32568
Scope and Contents

Higgins died in Quebec at a sound poetry colloquium one day after performing a piece that involved screaming as loudly as possible for as long as possible. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Dieter Roth, Reclusive Artist and Tireless Provocateur, 68 / Kimmelman, Michael; Roth D; Beuys J; Nitsch H; Brus G., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30139-31538
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive has several collages, books and prints by Roth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Dorothy Francis May Curry / curry, jw., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36775-38599
Scope and Contents

This is a eulogy written upon curry's mother's death and given to his father; Mr. Curry died shortly thereafter and this is his copy. The other copy is in the possession of jw curry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000