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This work by Wally Depew was designed by Linda Depew and issued in 26 lettered copies. The letter assignation was done on a post-it on the verso of the folder as well as on the colophon. The white paper assemblage was inserted into the junction for the fastening of the paper folder. Depew designated the works in this series as Artist's Photobooks. Several of the images have been computer manipulated. The artistic theme of this work is wheel barrow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book depicts computer altered photographic images of a [wheel] barrow on location. The paper foldings were done by Linda Depew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This work was dedicated to Sol Lewitt. A leaflet placed at the beginning of this project by Wally Depew states the following with regard to his wife, Linda. "The box and the eight page, single sheet, folded books were cut, folded and formed by Linda. Linda Words Poem was coloured and painted by Linda. The sewed books were sewed by Linda. The whole project was overseen, criticized and approved by Linda. Thanks Fee, you keep the fun in life." The works in this project employ a large number of fonts and are particularly focused but not exclusively on transmorfation, e.g., beginning with one word and passing through several alterations of the letters to form another word. This work is a partial summation of the artistic/poetic of Wally and Linda Depew.Obituary Contra Costa Times: Wally Depew, an artist, musician, poet and writer, died August 18, 2007 in Patagonia, Arizona, two months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 69. A native of Scranton, Pa., he was a Phi Beta...

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The text that is printed as a horizontal line of words on the translucent paper pages is taken from "crowds and power" by Elias Canetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an unnumbered copy from a tirage calling for 100 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book consists of a collection of previously published essays on artist books, installations, and book objects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This unusual book has an experimental design, e.g., a free form poem describing Benjamin, a rabbit, with 21 cards, printed in two colors on both sides which be read singly or as a universal whole in a stand-up accordion fashion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Eighteen letters of the alphabet were printed in couplets on facing pages of this book. Castillejo belonged to the Zaj group, a movement in Spain with the style of Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book consists of the printed letter "i" - one centered on most of each page, with some pages being blank. Castillejo belonged to the Zaj group, a movement in Spain with the philosophy of Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover has a cut-out the shape of Australia. The author of this artist book is actually Peter Lyssiotis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text is by Emmett Williams and the illustrations are by Tom Wasmuth. Each page contains four lines of poetry. The upper right corner of each page is filled with black step-like forms. As the poem becomes more complex, the black areas grow larger black areas that gradually recede altogether from the page. The poems in turn also become simpler in form. The note in the back of the book states that "the cover illustrates the intention of the artist...to realize this intention the reader may cut out the black area of each page and remove the cover photograph." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text is by Emmett Williams and the illustrations are by Tom Wasmuth. Each page contains four lines of poetry. The upper right corner of each page is filled with black step-like forms. As the poem becomes more complex, the black areas grow larger black areas that gradually recede altogether from the page. The poems in turn also become simpler in form. The note in the back of the book states that "the cover illustrates the intention of the artist...to realize this intention the reader may cut out the black area of each page and remove the cover photograph." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover has calligraphic text by Seille. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Text deals with discrimination of civil rights. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The soft cover book has a smaller book bound into the back cover. The book and tape are housed in an envelope which is attached to and folded into the poster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The loose sheets are randomly cut from newspapers in different languages that are published for the most part in New York City. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.