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The translucent print with red diagonal stripes overlying the three naval warships places the stripes on their hulls, refering to Agam's abstract markings. The name of these ships are Invincible, Inflexible and Indefatigable, referring to Agam's personality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The translucent print with red diagonal stripes overlying the three naval warships places the stripes on their hulls, refering to Agam's abstract markings. The name of these ships are Invincible, Inflexible and Indefatigable, referring to Agam's personality. The Sackner Archive also holds a signed and numberd copy of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Design and drawings by Emil Antonucci. *WEB 1998: [Email]seamus.cooney@wmich.edu noted "Since ABE is offering the following--Presentation copy (ocean stripe series 4) inscribed to fellow concrete poet, Ronald Johnson: "To Ronald / with love from Ian / July 1964." Fine. $ 100.00. Please contact Skyline --ABE, 8/10/98-- your date of publication must be off by two years." Sackner comments: The date of publication does not appear on this booklet. The catalogue raisonne 1958-1990 (Graeme Murray) & printed works until 1990 (Victoria Miro Gallery) give its publication as 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This piece probably derives from the French movie, 'Hiroshima mon amour.' This is a series of conversations (or one enormous conversation) over a 36-hour long period between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva), referred to as She, and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada), referred to as He. They have had a brief relationship, and are now separating. The two debate memory and forgetfulness as She prepares to depart, comparing failed relationships with the bombing of Hiroshima and the perspectives of people inside and outside the incidents. The early part of the film recounts, in the style of a documentary but narrated by the so far unidentified characters, the effects of the Hiroshima bomb on August 6, 1945, in particular the loss of hair and the complete anonymity of the remains of some victims. He had been conscripted into the Japanese army and his family was in Hiroshima on that day. In Valoch's poem he chanfes the title to Vietnam and the explosion of the atomic bomb to a ted stain...

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This is one of a suite of seven prints, which are almost identical in layout, except for orientation of the abstract markings, lines which are cross-hatched or solid and colors of background. The background color of this print is orange. The symbolism of this picture poem is not clear to one who is not knowledgeable about sailing boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is one of a suite of seven prints, which are almost identical in layout, except for orientation of the abstract markings, lines which are cross-hatched or solid and colors of background. The background color of this print is brownish-purple. The symbolism of this picture poem is not clear to one who is not knowledgeable about sailing boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is one of a suite of seven prints, which are almost identical in layout, except for orientation of the abstract markings, lines which are cross-hatched or solid and colors of background. The background color of this print is greenish-gray. The symbolism of this picture poem is not clear to one who is not knowledgeable about sailing boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.