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The painted orange book is shaped like a tent. Six lines of handwritten poetry are pasted inside. The accordion booklet is painted with blue figures on a brown background and is attached to the inside center of the tent book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book with the same title is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The instructions in visual/verbal format refer mainly to health related measures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This story is about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. One typed manuscript has the layout but not the typographic appearance of the published work. The other two that are handwritten provide that appearance. The basis for the writing of this work is discussed by Hirschman in Kulchur No.14, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Jurgen Olbrich curated this exhibition of the following periodicals, all held by the Sackner Archive, e.g. Entwerter/Oder, Art/Life, Tiegel&Tumult, Arte Postale, Collective Copy, Eins von Hundert, Data File, Uni/Vers (;), and Commonpress. DOOs was also exhibited but is not held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book object is the first artwork of Jackman's that the Sackners purchased. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each drawing is affixed to the right hand side of the black paper page. Straus produces a dazzling display of drawings in the spirit of the American abstract expressionist/calligraphic painter, Mark Tobey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Review of "Alternative Books/Libros Alternativos" at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A biography of Tilson is printed on each page of the catalogue with the art projects created during that time frame. Photographic reproductions of pages from Tilson's periodicals, Cipher and Atlas, are included in this catalogue. These periodicals are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The theme of this work is the Iris flower and most pages depict drawn abstractions of the flower in gray-black colors. The latter is an unexplained contradiction to the purple colors of the flower. The folder enclosing the pamphlets, pages, and drawings is inserted into an enclosure in the rectangular shaped earthy, ceramic vase which has another round enclosure for an artificial Iris flower with its stem. A polaroid photograph depicts the process of how the drawing was made - by rubbing the flower over paper to form the word "Iris" from its pigments.Also designated No.2/Tome 11 in the series ARTCI-BLE Petits Dictionnaires Portatifs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book is composed of calligraphic drawings, one to a card, that repetitively presents the title phrase in extremely varied letter styles and sizes using ink, paint, and graphite. Chakra is a word from Yoga that refers to any of the six points along the spine that are supposed to contain certain powers, persinified by Gods and able to be released through the proper exercises. The title phrase is occasionally modified with another word, e.g., "Iron Fuckin Fist In Yr Fuckin Yellow Fuckin Goddamn Chakra." The cards are a masterpiece of experimental calligraphy. The green corrugated cardboard box holding the cards was made by Sloy's husband, Nicholas. Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, described the preparation of the cards by sloy. "The artist put blank paper through a press wiha clean plate to create a border indentation (the blank plate mark) to make the work look like an engraving. This technique was used by printers in the 19th...

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The structure is suggestive of a library of a prison; the background calligraphic markings resemble Canaanite language. The poem is about liberty. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The structure is suggestive of a library of a prison; the background calligraphic markings resemble Canaanite language. The poem is about liberty. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The stamps are commercial stamps for acquisition or purchase of goods like coupons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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According to Gordon in this book, it is a 12 foot tall sculpture of a lobster (?) that is centered around an absurd play documented in this book. Further, the play has been performed in various locals. This book is also designated Intimate #9. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.