The artist book by Diane Samuels, "Letter Liturgy (for Leon)," is mentioned and depicted twice in the catalogue essays; it is held by the Sackner Archive. The message of the work, based on a traditional Jewish folk tale, reads, "Dear God. I do not know how to pray, but I can recite the alphabet. Please accept my letters and form them into prayers." This expresses the theme of the exhibition - the human need to communicate is the essence of art and religion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was a proposal submitted to the Grafeneck Memorial Committee in Germany as a garden design. Its intent was to memorialize the 10,654 disabled people killed by the Nazis in this institution in 1940. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Samuels discusses how she made the Alphabet Project. A unique book with the same title and content is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book deals with certain aspects of the Holocaust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This multi-media installation by Samuels tells the stories of fragments of the lives of two people who lived through World War II. It consisted of handwritten books, prints, pages, video and audio presentations. Samuels is interviewed by the exhibition curator. This publication is also Forum number 47. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This brochure, reprinted from Sculpture magazine, was sent to the Sackners by Kim Foster Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This documentation of Diane Samuels public sculpture relates to Brown University first art commission. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Arnold Lehman contributes an opening essay on the methodology and background of Diane Samuels Luminous manuscript. In it he quotes Samuels as explaining that "arranging an alphabet in an order is an original cultural act. Repeating the alphabet represents a basic ordering and care for language that is possible to all. An Issac Luria story tells of his meeting a man whose prayers were particularly efficacious. The man could not read or write but he could recite the alphabet, so he asked God to take his letters and form them into prayers." The Sackner Archive holds this book by Samuels in which each stitched page displays this saying in a different language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work is based on the inner-city alley in Pittsburgh where the artist lives. The work is made from the street where Samuels both draws minute sections of the roadway and also casts sections of the street using black rag-paper pulp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Consists of 21 languages together with Diane Samuels' made-up, equivalent hieroglyphic substitutes for their alphabets. The left sided page has the machine embroidered prayer in the selected language, e.g., "Dear God, I do not know how to pray, but I recite the alphabet. Please accept my letters and form them into prayers." The right side has the machine embroidered hieroglyphic equivalents. Samuels also sent a pamphlet to the Sackners with the English inscription translation to her personel alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.