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The blank pages in this book are counted as pages. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe copy of this work issued in 10 copies in 1965. In addition, there were 500 trade edition copies also publshed in 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The tipped-in colored photographs depict images of Sabatier or his paintings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the first of the two volumes both of which are enclosed within a single painted cardboard folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the second of the two volumes enclosed within the painted folder. The second volume constituting Canailles II, III, IV... had a run of only 20 copies compared to the first volume's run of 50 copies in its limited edition. It consists mainly of portions of previous Lettriste publications that areoften annotated by Lemaitre for this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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After a brief introductory political manifesto, the remaining pages consist of cut-up segments from popular trade magazines followed by a long series of blank pages. The drawings in the two copies held by the Sackner Archive show slight differences. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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After a brief introductory political manifesto, the remaining pages consist of cut-up segments from popular trade magazines followed by a long series of blank pages. The drawings in the two books held by the Sackner Archive show slight differences. -- 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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The binding by Devaux consists of two mirrors with a leather spine; the title of the book is painted onto the mirror with a vertical format twice, one of the titles is a reversed image, i.e., mirror writing. The introductory essay was written by Michel Amarger. The collages in this book consist of fragments of black & white photographs with hand drawn letters, calligraphic markings and hieroglyphics. One of them uses the Hebrew letter 'aleph' as the dominant letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pages of this book were printed on Arches paper. There are 13 copies and two artists proofs. Broutin contributed an introductory essay. -- 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 red 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.

Scope and Contents This is a facsimile of a book first published in 1969. Jean-Pierre Gillard comments: The youth of the creators of books, once established their glory, have always fascinated those who try to swim upstream to the source. When, in August 1969, Broutin realizes these pages in Indian ink on rough paper with the attention of a beginner than twenty-one years, he shows the product of his early research: "I attended Lettrists artists since 1968 and I tried to capture the most recent contributions before imposing my own style. "There are writings recalling the Egyptian demotic - Broutin studied Egyptian epigraphy - the set of lines polyautomatiques, imaginative, and, in terms of rhythm, a taste for eccentricity, even for the vacuum. The linearity of the following year will move with metecisations It is young, before developing, in 1973, with a large project still continued today, Desire and externite paradise. Take note of this notebook c ' has become aware of the defining moments in the...

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The photocollages consist of intricately folded or crumpled printed or photograph paper collaged onto color photographs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Listed with price in Lemaitre's catalogue 1996. que. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This deluxe edition was printed on Japanese paper and includes a drawing by Spacagna; the other 10 copies were printed on Arches Fidelis paper and do not include the Spacagna drawing. Arkitu signed his name, Arkitu J-B, on the title page and colophon. The prints appear to have been made from silkscreens since some ot the elements appear on several prints in different colors and locations. Arkitu was the younger brother of Jean-Paul Curtay and committed suicide in the Fall of 2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.