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Each of six badges has a different text and image created from A Humument images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips illustrated the front cover of music disc by the heavy metal British rock group, "Dark Star," with an altered page from a book that is not identified. He also fragmented the text of this page. He employed "A Humument" style to bring out the poetic line "I am the sun," one of the songs in this disc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips illustrated the front cover of music disc by the heavy metal British rock group, "Dark Star," with an altered page from a book that is not identified. He also fragmented the text of this page. He employed "A Humument" style to bring out the poetic line "I am the sun," one of the songs in this disc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips illustrated the front cover with a section from page 25 of an unidentified book, possibly lyrics by this British heavy metal group, "Dark Star." He employed the same source for the tri-fold collage reproduced as a lining for the the inside surface of the folder. The three cards depict visual poetic elements in "A Humument" style, including the same image of page 25 on the cover as well as pages 7 and 11. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips illustrated the front cover with a section from page 25 of an unidentified book, possibly lyrics by this British heavy metal group, "Dark Star." He employed the same source for the tri-fold collage reproduced as a lining for the the inside surface of the folder. The three cards depict visual poetic elements in "A Humument" style, including the same image of page 25 on the cover as well as pages 7 and 11. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In Phillips' book Works and Text (1992), he indicates that this print (page 135) was ...put together with images of implied anger and violence; principally a cigarette-packet scarred with magnificant and furious drawing; done perhaps by someone driven to miniature and confined brutality as he (or she) waited for that feared and/or needed telephone call... On a more celebratory note I have used the letters ER from a piece of graffeti saying in full 'we are the bovver boys, dave and fred' as a reminder that this portfolio was finished in the Jubilee year." This print constitutes one of six prints from walking 1/2 mile around Phillips' studio. - it is based on the belief that there are no dull walks, only dull walkers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents xIn Phillips' book Works and Text (1992), he indicates that the linoleum block was found on the street near his studio. He recounts a story (page 134) which was inspired by the find. "Every manufactured object is, visually, the point of confluence of unnumbered lines or stylistic development; it is the result of innumerable chance encounters of artists, craftsmen and artisans; is the product of the complete trade and trafic of the world..." There is a micrographic text that forms a border around the image and the documentary text mentioned above. It reads "Whether I might write about this pieceof linoleum is pure speculation except that it was found in a much begained (?) condition lying on the rubbish in a step outside of a house on the left hand side of Lyndhurst Grove Camberwell, London SE 15..." But it was too faint to be scanned as an image (MAS). This print constitutes one of six prints from walking 1/2 mile around Phillips' studio - it is based on the belief that there are...

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In Phillips' book Works and Text (1992), he indicates that this print (page 134) was based upon two types of weathered matchbox trays from behind the Iron Curtain. This print constitutes one of six prints from walking 1/2 mile around Phillips' studio - it is based on the belief that there are no dull walks, only dull walkers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a new series of essays from Phillips' current project which is based upon a century of picture postcards. For this magazine, the postcards have been selected to reflect aspects of the world of music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the first in a new series of Phillips' current project that is based on a century of picture postcards. For this magazine, te postcards will be selected to reflect aspects of the world of music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a new series of essays from Phillips' current project which is based upon a century of picture postcards. For this magazine, the postcards have been selected to reflect aspects of the world of music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a new series of essays from Phillips' current project which is based upon a century of picture postcards. For this magazine, the postcards have been selected to reflect aspects of the world of music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a new series of essays from Phillips' current project which is based upon a century of picture postcards. In this issue, the postcards depict portaits of Mario Lanza and Enrico Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a new series of essays from Phillips' current project which is based upon a century of picture postcards. For this issue, the postcards depict two scenes of couple's love expressins seated at a piano stool. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work consists of a 2 x 5 grid of enlargements of a fragment of flags flying on buildings in England as depicted on postcards. A caption written by Phillips is printed on the bottom of the print. The duplicate copy is unframed and stored in the wide flat files. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In an introductory essay, the exhibition curator Jim Edwards, compares Cross' dictionary work to Tom Phillips' "A Humument." He further indicates that the artist he most equates Doris Cross to is Wallace Berman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In Phillips' book Works and Text (1992), he indicates that this print (page 134) was based upon two types of weathered matchbox trays from behind the Iron Curtain. This print constitutes one of six prints from walking 1/2 mile around Phillips' studio - it is based on the belief that there are no dull walks, only dull walkers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.