Pascal notes that the Mantegna painting "The Agony in the Garden" is the basis for Phillips' images on page 151 of "A Humument" and illustration XX/3 in "Dante's Inferno." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Michael Klauke's drawing, "Morality of Language," held by the Sackner Archive, is reproduced on page 57. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition with all works lent by the Sackner Archive was the first one-man museum show of Phillips in the United States. The curator, Huston Pascal, contributed an exceptionally perceptive essay on Phillips works. Phillips also contributed an essay mainly dealing with his relation to the collectors, Ruth & Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.