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The lift-up panels on the print depict a cartoon and an advertisement underneath them that has been collaged to the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem object is a black egg placed in the bottom center of an acrylic jar. The title, Kaddish, is the Jewish prayer of mourning. At the base of the egg, a line of poetry by Walt Whitman is set in a spiral line. It reads,"All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier." The box is printed with the quote from an unidentified person, "...when she put out all her eyes from grief, they did not turn to fire but fell to earth as eggs..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Black created three stories concerning a handkerchief and each is presented with a different typeface. This copy is one of 100 copies printed on Yatsou paper, the other 50 copies were printed on commercial paper for "Rooms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Black created three stories concerning a handkerchief and each is presented with a different typeface. This copy is one of 100 copies printed on Yatsou paper, the other 50 copies were printed on commercial paper for "Rooms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Black created three stories concerning a handkerchief and each is presented with a different typeface. This copy is one of 100 copies printed on Yatsou paper, the other 50 copies were printed on commercial paper for "Rooms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Black created three stories concerning a handkerchief and each is presented with a different typeface. This copy is one of 100 copies printed on Yatsou paper, the other 50 copies were printed on commercial paper for "Rooms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cards are Black's contribution to "Stack the Deck: 22 Artists Mark the Cards for Women's Health and Healing." They are the 7 of clubs, 7 of diamonds and the joker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In her introductory essay, "Experiments in Print: A Brief History," Robin E. Rider describes Peter Apianus' great work "La cosmographie de Pedro Apiano" and the construction of the volvelles. The Sackner Archive holds a facsimile edition of this work. The book artists selected for this exhibition were influenced and stimlated with contemporary or historical scientific works and theories. The following is an abridged reproduction of Rider's essay. The first century after Gutenberg witnessed dramatic changes in the book, as well as the opening of the period known as the Scientific Revolution. But more than that, the early printed book of science, like many an artist's book since, helped to push the envelope-that is, it made special demands on the new technologies of printing, and prompted significant attempts to break the bounds of the printed page in order to encompass scientific information and images. To meet the needs of authors and readers, flat, static pages, mainly...

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The printer/designer describes the history of her press with innovative typography and overlaying images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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An amusing poem on the theme of the preparation of words, written in the style of a food recipe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was printed at Mill College. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a paid receipt for PLL issues #5-8 from Leda Black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.