Reproduces in color the painting by Tom Phillips, "The Sackner Artchive," taken from the Phillips' exhibition catalog, Works and Texts 1992. This painting was commissioned by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Derek White contributed the covers and 13 illustrations within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The authors are listed on the cover as Bela Noiport & Odrew Van Reitt which is an anagrm of the combinations of the names of both authors, Baroni and Topel. Andrew Topel created the "visual poetry and other rough elements, mixed and augmented by Vittore Baroni, who also wrote the rhymed couplets." This book is stored in the Baroni box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Five of the book covers have handcolored painted and/or collage additions. Two of the books have string spines.Sixteen items are listed on the table of contents label.l -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The central image is a skeletal, rubberstamped figure who juggles 5 rubberstamped spherical objects, perhaps key locks to a room. The figure stands on 2 mounds of letraset letters. A relief object collaged to the upper left corner consists of handwritten cancelled numbers on top of letraset letters with a paper fragment of blue sky and a cloud. The image may be a metaphor for Baroni's questioning his art, music, or hotel careers. This is one of a series of 8 Unrelated Pieces for the Sackn -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes concrete poem by David UU on the breath of love, entitled "Verklarte Nacht" meaning Transfigured Night, written in the style of James Joyce with John Cage overtones with employment of neologisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The abstract lithographed markings resemble partial letter forms. They are over painted in rose colored watercolor and outlined with a graphite border. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The box was made from wooden fragments of commercial shipping crates that were printed or stenciled with the names of commercial products. A large surface of one lid is the actual tympan from the letterpress at Bath College with residuals of colored inks from student mistakes; the title is stenciled onto it. Inner surfaces of the box have been collaged with paper labels and stenciled with words, who? & where? in different languages. The box holds Furnival prints such as the Nailsworth series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The silkscreen cover print of d.a.levy was done by Tom Kryss. The collages were first published in Quixote Vol.4 No.6. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Nancy Campell, editor of Printmaking Today, profiles A Humument as it approaches its half century. Phillips describes how he is developing two digital versions of the artist book. In her personal letter to the Sackners, Campell writes,"I thought you would like a copy for the archive. I am thrilled to have Tom's witty 'mise en scene' of the magazine format on the cover. I also wish to acknowledge my gratitude, since I found Marvin Sackner's essay 'Humuantism' a useful resource." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Blair H. Allen edited the artwork. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Peter Koch illustrated this surrelistic novel with six visual poetic images and Shelly Hoyt made the binding. Nations drew two small boxes next to his signature, one designated yes, the other no; the yes box is checked. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Peter Koch illustrated this surrelistic novel with six visual poetic images and Shelly Hoyt made the binding. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work features ambiguities related to censorship. The label of two cigarette packs, "Lucky Strike" is cancelled to leave only "Lust." The cancelling device is a large block of wood with black paint at its tip that serves as phallic symbol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.