The colophon states that the first 100 copies were numbered and signed by all the contributors. This copy is not in this first series and the incomplete list of signatures was obtained by the previous owner some time after the book was published. This book is a Festschrift in honor of Helmut Hessenbuttel; it is also designated Portrait 1 in a series by the publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gomringer asks de Campos for a contribution to his konkrete poesie series of books and provides the particulars. Subsequently, de Campos submits a manuscript that was not published because Gomringer ceased publication of this anthology. The typed manuscript of de Campos was acquired from Gomringer by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gomringer states he has received De Campos' anthology and found it very complete and rich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter to Charles Cameron contains additional notes of DSH's thoughts in handwritten additions. He also writes "u cant tell how noble ive been (hausman wrote 'i am so pleased you see how important i am to history..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gomringer expresses admiration for the poetry of Houedard and Finlay in England. He mentions that he is thinking about creating a book "for the hours." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue deals with poetry and literary ephemera (A-L). The folder/cover depicts an offset image of eye patterns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The duplicate copy does not contain the letter from Molero-Prior. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This manuscript includes a letter from Achleitner to Gomringer concerning publication. Gomringer's typed note states that the manuscript was intended for inclusion in "Konkrete Poesie - Poesie Concreta" but was never published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Consists of critical comments about the periodical "Spirale." The book also reproduces of all its pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print on canvas is a reproduction of a rubberstamped drawing on canvas by de Charmoy from 1994-1995 that was lost when the artist moved her studio. It consists of the names of visual poets and artists who were important to de Charmoy. The names are rubberstamped in blue in an irregular pattern falling from abstract blue, undulating painted marks at the top of the canvas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Director Glenn Lowry writes in the catalogue forward that "Dieter Roth was an endlessly inventive and thought-provoking artist whose substantial body of work, made over the course of nearly five decades, is both prodigious and idiosyncratic. In his experiments with forms, materials, and language, Roth challenged the boundaries not only between mediums but between art and everyday life." Curator Sarah Suzuki writes that "it is easier to describe what he is not than what he is : Above all, he is not a propagandist, and he is not a prophet. He is neither a moralist nor an immoralist. And he is no joiner...He is a member of no ism, group or movement, although many movements, groups, and isms would like to claim him as one of their own." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.