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The New York launch of this book was held at Andrew Roth Gallery. The press release states that Jonathan Elley and his studio Browns "have forged an enviable reputation in both design and publishing: the book and exhibition...examines the influences that have informed and defined their graphic work. Reproduced are images and objects that have been culled from Ellery's or his colleague's idisosyncratic collections." Lawrence Weiner contributed a poster to the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackners attended Ligon's exhibition at the Whitney museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was curated by Martin Attwood. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is a well annotated listing of inscribed photography books from a private collection. There is a section that reproduces the inscriptions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Steven Heller contributes as illustrated essay "Dancing type and Music Videos" dealing with a student project in his class where the aim was to set the song to type. The results were concrete poetic expressions. Caroline Archer's essay "Body Types" charts the fascinating history of the use of the body as a message-carrier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This publication was produced as a reference for an exhibition on artist books held at the Nigel Greenwood Gallery. In an introductory essay, Celant analyzes the artist book through the movements of conceptual art, happenings, arte povera, minimal art, and lays particular emphasis on the bookworks of Joseph Kosuth. 6 Decades Books: "Book as Artwork 1960/1972 was the first catalogue devoted to the then new medium of the artist's book and it remains a canonical reference (though one that, due to its scarcity, is not as well known as it should be). This publication started as an article and a list of about 80 artists' books which appeared in 1970 in the first issue of the Italian magazine Arte. Not long after it was translated and published in Interfunktionen. Then in 1972 the Nigel Greenwood Gallery in London mounted an exhibition of artists' books and issued a catalogue with an updated text by Celant and a greatly expanded bibliography (now nearly 300 titles) jointly compiled by...

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A complete set of Ed Ruscha's first edition, signed artist's books from 1963 to 1978 were offered for $35,000 in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was curated by Barbara J. London. The catalogue consists of citations without images and consisted of trade edition books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Elvis Presley Scrapbook 1982 by Joni Mabe that was lent to this exhibition is depicted on page 165 of this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Several pages as well as one poster are appropriations from the magazine "Point D'Ironie." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The catalogue was written by Jeremy Sanders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.