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This work consists of 12 concrete and conventional with handwritten corrections. The poem, POEME BLANc (140663) consists of the title with an empty space below it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is "anger." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten text on the verso is "utterly/ butterfly." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The verso conains dsh handwriting of the title "con vert / convert" in the u.r. corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is "LSE." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is "anus dei." With the g inserted it reads "agnus dei.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is "anus dei." With the g inserted it reads "agnus dei.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is "galaxy." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten words on the verso are "hair ( with an umlat over the i) / hair." The umlat takes the form of ll on the center recto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The obscenity component that Houedard mentions of this poem is not readily apparent. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The texts of the seven poems in this work has bled through on the verso and becomes legible when viewed from a mirror. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The handwritten word on the verso is"laugh." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents On the verso of this card in the handwriting of Houedard is the name "marcuse." This title of this poem refers to Herbert Marcuse. Wikipedia: Herbert Marcuse (German: [maʁˈkuːzÉ™]; July 19, 1898 "“ July 29, 1979) was a German Jewish philosopher, sociologist and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Marcuse studied at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research - what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924-1951), Inge Neumann (1955-1972), and Erica Sherover (1976-1979). Active in the United States after 1934, his intellectual concerns were the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology. After his studies, in the late 1960s and the 1970s he became known as the preeminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of Germany, France, and the USA. Between 1943 and...

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In the title, there is a spelling error - depated instead of departed! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.