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This work documents an exhibition and residency at the Fermoy Gallery that took place from May 2 to July 2, 1994, a catalogue in two parts of an international mail art show entitled "What is Surrealism?" and an Exquisite Corpse book done with students. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book was published to coincide with an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery. Library Journal: "At the culmination of his art career in China, Xu Bing (who now lives in the West) spent months inventing more than 1200 characters that mimic Chinese characters but have no known meaning. At once familiar and strange, they evoke confusion, wonderment, and even hostility in viewers. Xu Bing printed them in books with traditional formats, on wall posters, and on giant billowing sheets, which he installed in exhibition galleries to form a ceiling or sky. He cagily argues that any explanation of his art is superfluous because the books have no meaning. However, while the books themselves may be unreadable, they have a great deal to say about what their creator thought about Chinese art and culture after the Cultural Revolution. Issued in conjunction with his current exhibition at the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian, this catalog describes the artist's early years in China and his...

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This manuscript of 40 poems was used to produce Xerolage No.37 in which 26 poems are printed. In most poems, Topel handprinted letters with varied typefaces. In a few poems, Topel employed cursive writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This manuscript of 40 poems was used to produce Xerolage No.37 in which 26 poems are printed. In most poems, Topel handprinted letters with varied typefaces. In a few poems, Topel employed cursive writing. This editioned work is an abridged version of the manuscript that contains 21 poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems in this book are printed with a mixture of typewritten text, computer generated text, and freely expressive calligraphic styles. A tape cassette of this poem published by Underwhich editions is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Gregory Burke, the curator of this exhibition conducted an interview of Banner and Cay Sophie Rainowitz wrote an essay about Banner's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In honor of Marvin's 70th birthday, the Edelsteins made a collage using "The Beauty in Breathing" badge with an image by Maurice Lemaitre. The badge is surrounded by the handwritten text of the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is a score for jazz duet reading. Another signed edition of this book in 150 copies, less rare, was published by William Hoffer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This dust jacket is a proof copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This dust jacket is a proof copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The 'pages' consist of seven lengths of string fixed to the inside at the spine onto which have been collaged several fragments of paper with a handwritten word, e.g., clear, their, from, rare, sand, tightly, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is based upon "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" with a setting in a modern missile base. The cover depicts a concrete poetic design of the title printed on yellow stock paper. The book was subsquently published in a second edition in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is based on "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" but it is set within a modern missile base. This is the second edition of a book first published in 1981. This edition has larger page dimensions than the first, is printed better, and the title is printed on red stock paper in the shape of pyramid rather than the concrete poetic-like design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is based upon "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" with a setting in a modern missile base. The cover depicts a concrete poetic design of the title printed on yellow stock paper. The book was subsquently published in a second edition in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In a letter to the Sackners, Hirschman explains that the two poems constituting this book have not been previously translated into English. These poems are about Calabria in southern Italy. The first poem mentions the Kaballah and letters in "black characters" that are unidentified. Pasolini though raised a Catholic has a Jewish grandmother on his mother's side. In one of his most important poems about Marx, Einstein and Freud, he speaks of himself as Jewish which is usually evaded in Italian circles. The second poem deals with Algerians living in Italy. Hirschman believes Pasolini used the cruciform to resolve religious textures in the two poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The author combines the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet with meanings from ancient Judaic sources, Talmudic commentary, Hasidic folk tales and Kabbalistic mysteries with his own original calligraphy. This is the first edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This email documents the exhibition of Joelle Dautricourt 's poetic scriptural work in the Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme in Paris. The Sackner Archive holds the first printed copy of this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover has calligraphic text by Seille. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed during Hirschman's Kabbalistic phase of his career. There are large Hebrew letters and words printed on the envelope and colophon. The poem and documentation are printed in Hirschman's distinctive holographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.