Scope and Contents This exhibition was curated by Claudio Parmiggiani. Several books held by the Sackner Archive at one time or another were displayed in this exhibition. These included among others, Cendrars & Delaunay's Transsiberian Railway, Apollinaire's colored copy of the Survage-Lugat catalogue (5/10); Lissitzky & Mayakovsky's For the Voice, Marinetti's Tin Book, Soffici's Bif&+18 (deluxe edition), Lissitzky's Two Squares, Belloli's Solo nel Sole, Mesens & Magritte's Poemes 1923 - 1958, and Depero's Depero Futurista. A page from Flavio Vegezio's "De re Militari," 1523 is reproduced; the typographic layout of using letters for battlefield positions is similar to Eliano De Nomi's book, "Ordini Militari" that is held by the Sackner Archive. The Futurist periodical, Vela Latina, is described on page 303. The content dwells more upon ancient shaped poetry and hermetics than contemporary concrete poetry. The book reproduces several examples of Hebrew religious poems and Kaballah. --...

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This exhibition dealing mainly with illustrated books was curated by Ralph Jentsch. Several books in the exhibition (by Carmi, Pignotti, Anselmo and the Futurists) incorporating visual poetry and Parole In Liberta are also held by the Sackner Archive. The citations of the books are listed in a bibliographically, organized style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the second revised edition that includes the proceedings of a symposium in which the Sackners took part. Timothy Eaton curated this comprehensive exhibition of book art and in the preface acknowledges the Sackner Archive as "the premier contributors with the loan of fifty works..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Luciano Caruso contributed an introductory essay on Artist Books in Italy. The exhibition was divided into editioned books, book-objects, handwritten unique books, books with declarations, books incorporating unusual materials, and books using signs. 176 Italian book artists were represented in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition documented the history of sound poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a survey of medieval, Latin shaped poetry with critical text. Several pages by Rabano Mauro (Hrabamus Maurus) are reproduced from a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The marginata was inserted by Dick Higgins, the previous owner of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition catalogue dealt with published and unpublished examples of Parole In Liberta. One such poem by Jamar 14 (aka Piero Gigli), "Villa T.B.C.," had the theme of a stay in a Tuberculosis Sanatorium. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These books feature a compendium of one of the largest number of reproduced pages of Parole In Liberta. It includes several pages reproduced from books that are also held by the Sackner Archive including Zang Tumb Tuum, Lacerba, Les Mots en Liberte F Buzzi; Caffe Concerto by Cangiullo; Depero Futurista and Numero Unico Futurista Campari by Depero; Bif/ZF+18 by Soffici; Baionette by D'Alba; Zang Tumb Tuum and L'Anguria Lirica by d'Albisola among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology organizes Italian avant-garde poets within publication groups e.g., Ana Etcetera, TOOL, Geiger, Linea Sud, Marcatre, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.