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These drawings were made on pages 46 & 35, and pages 54[?] & 61 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. The upper drawing depicts Macia's conception of the Tower of Babel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These drawings were made on pages 110 & 99, and pages 70 & 75 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The main image in the upper drawing is a spider; Macia has created its web by repetitive writing of a poem by e.e. cummings, when skies are, in an almost micrographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These drawings were made on pages 32 & 17, and pages 42 & 39 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. The relief elements were cut from other pages in the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These drawings were made on pages 68 & 89, and pages 112 & 15?] of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These drawings were made on pages 12 & 5, and pages 28 & 21 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. Macia related that he was inspired to make these drawings after visiting the Sackner Archive and viewing Tom Phillips' A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pamphlet provides instructions as to how to set up and play the game. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each book consists of a one page drawing entitled "Stupidogramm" consisting of a grid of commas with an area enclosed by an ink line drawing. Not one of the 200 copies is alike. This publication is stored in the 'R' flat files drawer. Note that Roth uses the name Diter Rot for this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print is Roth's typographical riff on C. Day Lewis' poem "Reflections." It was one of a series of seven designs commisioned by the Plastics Division of ICI to demonstrate the potentialities of stamping foils in graphic design. Other designers include Alan Fletcher, Jean-Michel Folon, Norman Ives, Pieter Brattinger and Armin Hofmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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"art" is repeated over the seemingly disintegrating item, which becomes less legible as it continues.

Scope and Contents Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...

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This poem commemorating Simon Rodia's architectural Watts Towers in Los Angeles was reproduced from Creative Word 1 in the Random House English Series, an educational tool for the schools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Dan Landrum's instructions mailed to artists with requests for submissions state that they should "add, subtract, alter and/or return" to him. The material was mainly collaged onto blank white pages and placed withina black and white school notebook cover. This work is a varient of an assembling, a one of a kind item. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pyramidal shaped pages have embedded torn, paper fragments from a printed text on pyramids. The paper fragments are shaped like hieroglyphics or pictograms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.