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This story about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. The first 22 copies were signed by Hirschman; this copy is signed and inscribed but is out of series. The design and typography were done by John Brandi and Harold Schwarm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text is taken from John Cage's writings, the drawings were made by Barbara Fahrner, the printing was done by Philip Gallo, and the binding was done by Daniel Kelm. Stored with Barbara Fahrner material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was published in an edition of 20 copies with almost identical content. The differences relate to minor use of newspaper clippings and offset photographs from periodicals in the collage material. Further, since the collage material was glued onto the pages, an imprecise process, all of the books are slightly different. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Obituary (The independent July 15, 1995 by Tom Raworth): The Swiss-Italian artist and writer Franco Beltrametti )1937-1995) published over 30 books and pamphlets of poetry, prose, collaborations and translations, in several languages and countries; and had a similar number of solo and group exhibitions of his graphic works. Those will last however long words and objects do; but his existence as catalyst, connector and correspondent is gone for ever. He was a personal link between such disparate traditions as American beat - and New York school - poetry; the Fluxus group of artists; the European avant-garde; the music of Steve Lacy, Joelle Leandre and Nino Locatelli; the Italian revolutionary left; and Japanese Zen Buddhism.With Gianantonio Pozzi (whom he met in Sicily) he organised P77 - a small poetry festival in Venice which, the following year, 1978, was transferred to Amsterdam to expand and become the regular "One World Poetry". It was through Beltrametti's friendship with...