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El Lissitzky's poster "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge" pictured on page 11 is same design as the poster held in the Sackner Archive. The poster reproduced but not displayed in the exhibition, is from the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The core of this exhibition of posters originates from the collection of Merrill C. Berman who also provides an interview with Alma Law on collecting such works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book explores the ways in which books represent art and literature, and how the marriage of word and image can create a work of art in its own right. Chapters include the following: Illumination, Bindings, Documentary Manuscripts, Children's Books, Comics, Poetry and Experimental Typography, Book Art and Contemporary Art and Publishing. It also includes a history of the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Several examples of the books depicted in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive. In addition, several of the contemporary artist/poets works are represented in the Archive.Some definitions are of the book/poetry forms are not in the mainstream of classification. For example, Bob Cobbing's abstract sound poetry scores are classified as visual poetry in contrast to the more usual classification of visual poetry along the lines of poesia visiva.Under the citation of the John-Eric Broaddus book, Marvin Sackner's comments about his working methods are...

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Depicts several examples of rubberstamp art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page depicts a drawing of a model airplane along with a brief caption relating to a poet, artist or writer. The maquette for this work done in 1975 is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book deals with experimental typography mainly of the 20th century. Bosshard also includes examples of his own work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pages of this book were printed on different stock and with several inserts among which a printed envelope in which 3 pieces of toilet paper with the printed text: 'landestheater hannover'. - First edition. Published on the occasion of an evening 'text- und aktionsabends ii' organized by Anastasia Bitzos. Participating artists were:Claus Bremer, Rolf Geissbühler, Julien Blaine, Jean-Francois Bory, Reinhard Dohl and Timm Ulrichs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pages of this book were printed on different stock and with several inserts among which a printed envelope in which 3 pieces of toilet paper with the printed text: 'landestheater hannover'. - First edition. Published on the occasion of an evening 'text- und aktionsabends ii' organized by Anastasia Bitzos. participating artists were:Claus Bremer, Rolf Geissbühler, Julien Blaine, Jean-Francois Bory, Reinhard Dohl and Timm Ulrichs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover design reproduces "Un Coup De Des Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard (Image)," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Mentions that Hoffmeister (1902-1973) fled from Czechoslovakia in 1939 to USA and after WWII became Ambassador to France from 1948-1951 and subsequently Professor of Art at the Prague Art Academy. His work overlaps the border of Art and spreads into cartoon, advertising and related fields. "He was the first artist to use typography as a total compositional medium regardless of the meaning of the actual words, concentrating on the purely visual image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This image relates to a Schwitters' sound poem in which only the letter "W" was recited. It was performed by Darlene Domel in the Stamp Art Museum in Chicago. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This image relates to a Schwitters' sound poem in which only the letter "W" was recited. It was performed by Darlene Domel in the Stamp Art Museum in Chicago. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On page 85, Riha publishes a poem entitled, gomringers schweigen (komplett) in which the empty silent space is filled with gomringer in version a ; in version b, gomringer substitutes for schweigen and the empty space is taken up by schweigen. In addition, 14 concrete poems playing upon the name of gomringer are printed on pages 87-96. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Several works were loaned to this exhibition by the Sackner Archive including sound poems by Raoul Hausmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The verso of the poster is a photographic reproduction of the title page of El Lissitzky's "Sieg Uber Die Sonne" print suite. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.