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The catalogue depicts the typical imagery employed by Xenakis, i.e., mainly signs that can be obtained by stencils for chemistry, road sign directions, etc. His conceptual newspaper that is also held by the Sackner Archive is reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page is typed with lines of lower case letters a to z and then z to a. Each successive page is over-typed with increasing density such that the additional letters create a moire effect. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of four expressions beginning with the letter, V. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Bern Porter, who was an early publisher of Henry Miller in America, agrees with Miller that "sex is everywhere." He proves his point by a series of typographic interestingly arranged lists of where sex can be found, what it is and what it is not, what one can do with it, and how it cannot be stopped. Porter writes that everyone knows this about sex, and that Miller "treats sex for its own sake; neither apologizes nor glorifies its expression." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book shows Winkler's typical working of diagramming words using a circular representation of the alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Winkler's work consists of forming line constructions and geometrical shapes based upon connecting the letters of a word with straight lines to a circle of the letters of the alphabet. These shapes might be considered a semiotic representation of the word in a non-verbal language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The publisher, Peat Marwick, was a major American accounting firm that probably utilized this poster as a promotional item. It depicts a mandala with counting systems radiating outward from a center that depicts the numbers from 0 to 9 starting with the fingers to computer numbers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents From School Library Journal (Amazon.com): "Grade 1-3-The letter Z heads wordlessly home after a long day's work atop the city zoo's gates, and on his way, crosses a bridge formed by a horizontal capital B, takes several bites out of a cake and a doughnut, jumps a few hurdles, sustains a karate kick into the lake, loses his way in a labyrinth, narrowly escapes a viper beside a woodpile, and at last makes it home to his family. Although there is a basic, satisfying narrative here, each spread may be viewed and discussed independently. The full-color illustrations, like those in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Houghton, 1984), are suggestive of entire worlds beyond the borders of the page, and could inspire young readers to create their own stories explaining Z's exploits. How does Z escape the labyrinth full of Ls? Why doesn't Z help that man struggling out of the quicksand? Is he contemplating taking a yoga class? Packed with sophisticated visual sleight of...

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This book was developed and designed by Mark Oldach and Rhonda Taira. Society of Typographic Arts in association with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, 1989. Folio, full turquoise linen stamped in magenta and white. 60 pages, with 26 full page plates, each by an internationally acclaimed designer, illustrator or photographer. This copy is the deluxe Issue with each plate signed in pencil by the artist. Starting with "Z" and ending with "A", ZYX: 26 Poetic Portraits is an elegant and entertaining book featuring visual interpretations of each letter in the alphabet by twenty-six internationally acclaimed designers, illustrators and photographers. These imaginative images are complemented by the concrete verses of Rhodes Patterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was developed and designed by Mark Oldach and Rhonda Taira. Society of Typographic Arts in association with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, 1989. Folio, full turquoise linen stamped in magenta and white. 60 pages, with 26 full page plates, each by an internationally acclaimed designer, illustrator or photographer. Starting with "Z" and ending with "A", ZYX: 26 Poetic Portraits is an elegant and entertaining book featuring visual interpretations of each letter in the alphabet by twenty-six internationally acclaimed designers, illustrators and photographers. These imaginative images are complemented by the concrete verses of Rhodes Patterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of this catalogue is laid out a perforation of its title "ZYX" and a cut right side with the shape of a fragmented 'Z.' The catalogue depicts the cover of Ronald King's Alphabeta Concertina, a book held by the Sackner Archive as one of the works in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.