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The exhibition consisted of 30 calligraphic poems cut from paper, numbers 19 to 25 were later published in a portfolio, "Siete Caligramas," a work also held by the Sackner Archive. In this catalogue, Zeller expains how he found the text for his first calligram in a dream. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This collagedepicts an 8 x 10 grid of small squares of offset texts and images cut from pages of an unrealized book by Zeller. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Surrealistic ceramic object on cover was made by Susana Wald. The collages used to illustrate this book were composed by Ludwig Zeller. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Ludwig Zeller Ocampo (1927-) is a Chilean, surreal visual artist/poet ow living in Mexico. His father came from Chile from Germany to work as a manufacturer of dynamite to the copper mines. From childhood he was a voracious reader and thanks to that learned poetry. Along with his first wife, Wera Zeller, translated to Spanish German Romantics. He was a cCutting-edge innovator and directed the Gallery of Ministry of Education in Chile from 1952-1968. That same year he left the gallery, founded the literary magazine and the Moon Coffee House in Villavicencio Street in Aubrey neighborhood of Santiago. In 1970, he organized the exhibition Surrealism in Chile in the Catholic University, which, in addition to his works, exhibited those of Roberto Matta, Nemesio Antunez, Enrique Zanartu, Opazo Rodolfo Sepulveda Viterbo, Valentina Cruz, Susana Wald and others. He left Chile the following year, along with his wife, artist Susana Wald, and three of her four children. They...

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Susana Wald, Zeller's wife, in an accompanying letter (May 3, 1987), provides a translation of the seven poems from Spanish to English. The translation of the calligram in the accompanying image reads: I see the enigmatic ancient bird renewed - In the word that covers the facade in flames - Then speak to me trilling your eternal leaves - Your secret plumage that lives with dreams - The black heaven streaked with meteors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.