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Poems were composed by Isou, cover and aquatints were made by DuPont with the exception of one aquatint done by Tasiv. The first 10 copies of this book contain a duplicate set of prints on Japon paper. Two of the prints are portraits of DuPont's two daughters formed from dense accumulation of letters, numbers, and hieroglyphic elements. The sound poems were composed by Isou. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This poem-object-book-work was created by Albert Dupont in tribute to the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Un Coup de Des" by Stephane Mallarme in 1897. A wooden box contains the book with five removable, acrylic cubes positioned on the spine. Each cube is incised and colored in ink on all surfaces with Lettrist symbols or texts. The book consists of a portfolio paper cover and a nine page essay. A second book consists of translucent acetate pages with handdrawn Lettrist symbols and words within a plastic slipcase. A third translucent acetate book is an actual reproduction of "Un Coup de Des." Because of the transparent quality of the pages, it is possible to view the literary text in a deeper, emerging three dimensional form.In homage to Mallarme, Dupont writes, "Since the famous poem 'Un Coup de des n'abolira le hasard', published at the end of the 19th Century, Stephane Mallarme has opened up the field of all the poetic researches of the 20th Century, specially by...

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This book was made to honor the centenary of the birth of Arthur Rimbaud. The images are collaged to the 50 keys of a restored child's game. One image is collaged to the visible part of each key. Depression of the key, which is hinged, brings up two additional images, viz., one collaged to its undersurface, the other collaged to the surface that was covered by the upper part. The box of this object is covered by red cloth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was made to honor the centenary of the birth of Arthur Rimbaud. The images are collaged to the 50 keys of a restored child's game. One image is collaged to the visible part of each key. Depression of the key, which is hinged, brings up two additional images, viz., one collaged to its undersurface, the other collaged to the surface that was covered by the upper part. The box of this object is covered by black cloth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was made to honor the centenary of the birth of Arthur Rimbaud. The images are collaged to the 50 keys of a restored child's game. One image is collaged to the visible part of each key. Depression of the key, which is hinged, brings up two additional images, viz., one collaged to its undersurface, the other collaged to the surface that was covered by the upper part. The box of this object is covered by red cloth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was made to honor the centenary of the birth of Arthur Rimbaud. The images are collaged to the 50 keys of a restored child's game. One image is collaged to the visible part of each key. Depression of the key, which is hinged, brings up two additional images, viz., one collaged to its undersurface, the other collaged to the surface that was covered by the upper part. The box of this object is covered by black cloth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of the book depicts a cyclist who is composed of elements of graphic design e.g., exclamation point, question mark, parenthsis, commas, period, bracket, not-equal-to sign. This is the deluxe edition which contains 5 prints numbered 2/60 and prints on velin d'arche numbered 2/20. The Sackner Archive also holds "The Cyclist" by William Jay Smith published in 1995 by Stone House Press. Dupont and Smith were introduced by the Sackners in Paris and shortly thereafter became collaborators. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Albert Dupont organized this book project for his son Ben's class. Each student, the teachers and Dupont contributed a line drawing portrait of themselves, designed so that each individual held the hand of the preceeding and following person. The title means "A Lot of Children." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.