Scope and Contents Wikipedia: The Gas Heart or The Gas-Operated Heart[1] (French: Le Cœur à gaz) is a French-language play by Romanian-born author Tristan Tzara. It was written as a series of non sequiturs and a parody of classical drama"”it has three acts despite being short enough to qualify as a one-act play. A part-musical performance that features ballet numbers, it is one of the most recognizable plays inspired by the anti-establishment trend known as Dadaism. The Gas Heart was first staged in Paris, as part of the 1921 "Dada Salon" at the Galerie Montaigne.In The Gas Heart, Tzara's appears to have aimed at overturning theatrical tradition, in particular the three-act play, which resulted in the suggestion that the text is "the greatest three-act hoax of the century". American literary historian David Graver, who compares The Gas Heart with Le Serin muet, a play by Tzara's friend Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, notes of the two texts that, together, they "pulverize the elements of conventional...

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This print depicts a photograph of a colored neon sculpture that Kriwet made for the cafeteria of the university. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text is an exposition of Kriwet's paintings that he designates Publit aka public literature. He notes that he considers himself a writer who paints. The inscription on the cover is written and signed by Franz Mon (?). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text is an exposition of Kriwet's paintings that he designates Publit aka public literature. He notes that he considers himself a writer who paints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card was addressed to Dick Higgins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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According to Barbara Moore, there were two versions of this book, one with gallery information that served as an exhibition catalogue and the other without such information as in this copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The brochure depicts six typewriter poems, the first series of four of six circular concrete poems (sehtexte) 1960-1961 and the second series of six of 14 concrete poems, 1962-1963. The loose sheet present in one of the copies is an announcement for Kriwet's book, "durch die runse..." published as schritte No.10. The latter is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This announces a book about the American presidential campaign of 1972 that deals with the Nixon victory over McGovern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The microfiches depict Kriwet's work from 1960-1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a comprehensive catalogue of Kriwet's oeuvre that include photographic reproductions of concrete poetry, prints, neon sculptures, installations, performances, critical texts, and typewriter poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an announcment for an edition of colored and uncolored plexiglas concrete poetic prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.