Curated by Wendy Woon. Nancy Tousley contributed an essay tracing the history of artists' books in Canada and the United States. Felipe Ehrenberg's essay describes his work as a book artist in England and Mexico. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue was organized by Karl-Heinz Pantke, husband of the artist Christine Kuhn.The Sackners visited this couple and purchased a work of Kuhn's in their home studio in Berlin. Christine Kuhn died of cancer in 2011. Her art work was placed into a foundation supporting Locked-in Syndrome from which Dr. Pantke suffered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977) although he was well aware of it. Indeed, in a personal communication to the Sackners, he pointed out that Isou considered all copies 'false' unless they were signed by him; the Sackner copy therefor is 'false.' Further, an internet search of databases revealed only one copy in the Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977). This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977) although he was well aware of it. Indeed, in a personal communication to the Sackners, he pointed out that Isou considered all copies 'false' unless they were signed by him; the Sackner copy therefor is 'false.' Further, an internet search of databases revealed only one copy in the Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977). This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977) although he was well aware of it. Indeed, in a personal communication to the Sackners, he pointed out that Isou considered all copies 'false' unless they were signed by him; the Sackner copy therefor is 'false.' Further, an internet search of databases revealed no copies including the Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog that lists cours No.1 and No.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977). This book is not listed in Acquaviva's Bientot les Lettristes (1946-1977) although he was well aware of it. Indeed, in a personal communication to the Sackners, he pointed out that Isou considered all copies 'false' unless they were signed by him; the Sackner copy therefor is 'false.' Further, an internet search of databases revealed no copies including the Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog that lists cours No.1 and No.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Ruth Sackner delivered this lecture at the opening of Bob Cobbing's Exhibition "Make Perhaps this Out Sense Of Can You." It focused on the relation of Mathew Abess, the curator of the exhibition and the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This item consists of the program book and a copy of Marvin Sackner's talk delivered to the Society of American Archivists titled "The Collector as Performer." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book consists of an exposition of the author's personal art theory. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The prints include three pages of a non-identified book with cancellations of the text. The artist was born in 1919 and died in 1993. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The theme of this exhibition involving Fluxus artists and visual poets was a riff on Leonardi Da Vinci's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was a gift to the Sackners from Rachid when they vistied his studio with their grandson Albert Behar, who also served as their translator. The volume traces the ancient Koraichi family ancestors from the eighth century in Algiers and evoked the illustrated work for the tapestries for the installation. Explainations are given for the symbolism of each tapistry. The book also depicts photographs of the surroundings of the workshops, the artisians and ancient architectural found elements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawing consists of a spray painted surface, a portrait of Isadore Isou, abstract letter forms, a small collage addition of Satie's work and a handprinted Lettrist text. The text is subtitled "de la sclerose dans un monde artistique...Reponse aus detracteurs de l'art contemporain." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Pages are uncut and in the last section, the pages are out of order. The edition of 10 copies of the special limited edition (not held by the Sackner Archive) included four watercolors by Altmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Pages are uncut. This copy includes one drawing by Lemaitre and two drawings by Altmann in the beginning of the book that were added to the pages after its publication. The edition of 10 copies of the special limited edition (not held by the Sackner Archive) included four watercolors by Altmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Edition has glassine protective cover.

The left sided portion of the book consist of bound pages that focuses on Mallarme's typographic treatment of the poem. The right side of the book consists of a portfolio of nine, unbound, folded prints which contains 68 plates each related to a page of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The interpretations are similar in concept to Marcel Broodthaers work (also held by the Sackner Archive) in which each phrase of the poem is cancelled with a solid black rectangle. In Fraenkel's interpretation, from the 1897 Cosmopolis version, the spaces between the cancelled text are reconstructed with hand-drawn markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book first appeared as Lettrisme n.s. No.25-26, 1971 that is also held by the Sackner Archive. This book was also published in a deluxe edition of 30 copies, one of which is held by the Sackner Archive. There are several examples of Lemaitre's visual and poetic works as well as his followers reproduced in the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.