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This catalogue depicts lettriste publications and objects with annotations year by year over the period 1946 to 1977. The first page (cover) depicts a photographic reproduction of the first Lettriste manifesto (c.1946). A great many of the publications in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was curated by Francois Letaillieur. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was curated by Francois Letaillieur. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Wolman invented "Scotch Art" and the Sackner Archive has one such example. It consisted of sticking Scotch tape onto printed matter such as posters, magazine pages, newspapers and pamphlets, and, placing them in water so that the cellulose support of the paper dissolved, leaving the image on the surface of the tape. This was then first repostioned on thin pieces of wood and later on a cavas support on a stretcher. The Sackners met Wolman in his apartment in Paris in 1982. Adrian Dannatt who wrote his obituary for the London newspaper, The Independent, characterizes his life well. Gil Joseph (Gil J. Wolman), film-maker, writer, political activist - born Paris 7 September 1929; died Paris 3 July 1995 "Those who live by obscurity die by it also, so the minimal response to the disappearance of Gil J. Wolman is hardly surprising. Wolman led a brave, ferociously independent existence at war with the forces of contemporary conformity, the celebrity machine of the mass media being high...

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This is a pirated recording from the original 45 rpm records. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition catalogue is virtually identical in content to the limited edition brochure with the same title, also held by the Sackner Archive. The exceptions are the light paper stock which has been used for this version and its title page. This ordinary catalogue prints the dates of the exhibition, 15 Octobre - 20 Novembre 1964 rather than "examplaire." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This brochure is virtually identical in content to the exhibition catalogue with the same title, also held by the Sackner Archive. The exceptions are the heavy paper stock which has been used for this version and its title page. The latter prints "examplaire" in this version whereas the ordinary catalogue prints the dates of the exhibition, 15 Octobre - 20 Novembre 1964. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.