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This print is dedicated to Henri Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored with John Benjamins catalogues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The photograph is meant to be printed overlaying the text of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Text with images of insects are printed on Rives paper. This is the sole edition of this issue and might be classified as a deluxe edition by virtue of the small press run and the signatures of the artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Furnival describes the birth of his son to Henri Chopin and asks to use Chopin as a reference during his job search. The picture is of Harry as a newborn. There is a small concrete vowel poem at the bottom of drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a photographic portrait of Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This catalogue features sculptures made from outdated tape recorders analogous to sculptures created by Nam Jong Paik from television seats. There are also reproductions of 12 typewriter poems placed in an inside flap on the back cover. This is the last catalogue held by the Sackners done during Chopin's lifetime. He died in January 2008 at age 85 years and Frederic Acquaviva wrote his obituary for the Guardian that was reproduced on the internet: Towards the end of the second world war, Henri Chopin, who has died aged 85, escaped from a forced labour camp in Olomouc, in what is now the Czech Republic, after it had been bombed. He then spent time with the advancing Red Army, until, recaptured by the Germans, he and inmates of concentration and extermination camps were sent west on a Nazi "death march." Thousands died on those journeys and it was then that he listened to the voices of his fellow marchers, sounds which would infuse his work for the rest of his life. In the 1950s...

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The Sackner Archive purchased "From A to Z" by Johanna Drucker from this catalogue which included an extensive typewritten letter by Drucker on how and why she made this book. Also includes other documentary information. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive purchased "From A to Z" by Johanna Drucker from this catalogue which included an extensive typewritten letter by Drucker on how and why she made this book. Also includes other documentary information. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The print by Chopin, entitled "Rockets" is numbered 1/XXX and is flat in contrast to the folded print in the limited edition portfolio. Similarly, the drawing with handwritten text by Heidsieck is part of the maquette along with an unfolded print. This drawing is a chronologic accounting of the relationship between Heidsieck (BH) and Chopin (HC) from extracts of letters. The latter is listed in the database as a separate entry but is stored in the Chopin drawer. This work includes seven original typwriter poems made by Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.