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The black sculpture consists of the Hebrew letter Taw (T). The numerical value of this letter is 400. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In box with Saito and Shioni -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work is signed "Franklin Spector" - Buzz's given name. The multi-colored pencils are each stamped in white with a single line of poetry. The sheet states that the poem may be constructed according to Spector's arrangement "or in any way which appeals to your own sensibilities." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each letter of the word REVOLTE, separately framed, is made of chewing gum by the artist who describes in each accompanying diary text what, when, and duration of the type of gum he chewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This poem was included in several Fluxus boxes. There is no reference to Emmett Williams as an author of the scroll. AbeBooks: Printed scroll of 3 conjoined sheets of buff-colored laid stock, rolled as issued. 2217 x 58 mm. (ca. 87 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches). A fine copy. "A Fluxus printing of "abcedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,' also called "Alphabet Poem,' was usually included in "Fluxus 1" and "Fluxkit.' This work was first published by Verlag Kalender, the publishing house of Bernd Ebeling and Hansjoachim Dietrich, Wuppertal, West Germany, ca. 1961. They also published "Kalender Rolle,' a survey of avant-garde art in 1961 and again in 1962. Printed on a long scroll, their form influenced several Fluxus publications, such as "Fluxus Preview Review'" (Jon Hendricks, in Fluxus Codex). Williams' "An Opera' was issued in the same format, and distributed in the same way. Only the alphabet poem itself appears on the scroll; there is no credit to Williams, nor any publication information. -- Source...

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Each card is printed on both sides with a single word selected by Hendricks "in accordance with no fixed laws. Some are likes, others are antitheses. often the pairs are reversible, sometimes not." The author suggests playing with the cards like building blocks to make whatever individual creation is desired. "Language Box is an invitation to the reader to involve himself in this process of creative synthesis. It is an attempt to break out of, not to break down, traditional habits and inhibitions in order to arrive at a richer, fresher sense of language and the world." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.