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The cover image features an image of two swans. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Sandra Jackman writes to the Sackners that this piece was inspired by her Hungarian grandmother who always told her, "To read is to want to know." She hid candy and books in the second drawer of her bureau, where Jackman would forage. "I was grown before I realized that I had been seduced into becoming a reader. In Europe, the rabbis would drip honey on scripture written on slate for the young students to lick off after they repeated the lesson...This early freedom to investigate any form of reading material, to appease my curiosity is the inspiration for Adults Only, a book within a book. My grandmother's bureau is transformed into a dollhouse cupboard and collaged with scraps of printed matter. Its shelves are filled with treasures. This is the centerpiece for a triptych (a style usually reserved for religious images). The front left wing refers to a myth. The fellow with the flute to his lips is from a painting by Perugino. Marsyas the Satyr is showing off his talent to the God...

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Painted and found collages are arranged with found text that reads, "From time to time - the mountain - tints - scattered from the clouds - perform - melodies - too slow to tell." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Thnis is a New Year's greetings and message from Jackman to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Jackmans write about a date to meet with the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.