Cover of book by Ely. Book lists programs of school. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cover of periodical by Ely; this book lists educational programs of the school. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a trade edition facsimile of an original book (1985) made and held by Ely based on the notebook of the artist's grandfather written on a trip to Egypt in 1928. Ely created this stunning book with his personal language, maps, charts, continents and astrological/hieroglyphic symbols. The Sackner Archive holds several of Ely's original bookworks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The upper half of this picture depicts a tube-like structure connected to a larger semi-circular one, presumably a highly stylized representation of the lungs. White squiggley lines on a black ground within the latter give an appearance of oceanic tides, thereby providing a metaphor for the title of this work, i.e. Tidal Breathing. The lower half of the picture contains untranslatable hieroglyphics by Ely, his charactistic gestural marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sixty books and bookbindings by Ely exhibited; seven books were loaned by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book symbolizes a trip to an imaginary planet with text hand written with made-up characters. This is illustrated with maps of new, mysterious continents and charts of fantasy geometries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.