Chopin mentions the death of his wife, Jean in 1985 "when everything stopped." Also, he adds a visit to Miami in 1985 (gave a performance at the Sackners that is not cited in the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Stored in Chopin box. Amazon.com: Since the 1960s, conceptual artists Henri Chopin (Pairs-London), Guy de Cointet (Paris-Los Angeles) and Channa Horwitz (Los Angeles) have dedicated themselves to analyzing system deducing the rules and consolidating them into visible structures. This book accompanied the parallel where drawings by these three respected artists generate new meaning as the aesthetic-visual translation of early post-structuralist thought. A Void, taken from George Perec's experimental novel, which famously did not include the letter 'e' as a nod to language epistemological constraints. Riffing on this idea, the artists' works seem clearly embroiled in such systems of meaning-making. Horwitz's on the boundary of symbol and performance, while Chopin explored the line between chaos and order. de Cointet left behind an oeuvre characterized by codes and puzzles for future generations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a preparatory study for a poster announcing the first festival at Ingatestone, England that was published by South Street Publications in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Central image is a portrait of Charles De Gaulle flanked by word columns utilizing the repetitive typed word, bouffe (comic), and merde in a fragmented fashion near the portrait. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a photograph of Davies with the grill hanging from his head by red string. The caption at the bottom of the print provides instructions for playing this found instrument that accompanies the image. The top of the print depicts drawings of the right and left ears that have a single perforation for supporting the grill with the string for framing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a photograph of a seated pope with collaged elements of a female torso in the opening of the papal robe and the body of nude ancient stature pointing his arm at the pope's forehead. A paper doily is collaged below the papal image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a drawing of a topless women in a mirror joined by the lower half of her body viewed from the rear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a line drawing of a self-portrait head. A letter to Chopin from Janco is reproduced below it in white ink on a gray background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The bird-like shapes of the perforations are repeated in the bird shapes of the folded papers collaged onto the several pages. Except for the page with text by Chopin, the book is entirely white and was handmade by Bal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Chopin makes an analogy between the images of two space ships (Apollo and Soyuz) joining in space, as depicted on postage stamps, to homosexuality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The large letters, H and J, stand for Henri and Jean as a celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Phrases in this print include: red as a tomato, stubborn as a mule, mad as a hatter, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text of this print consists of several repetitions of the word, joie (joy) with a single word, jois, placed near the bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Letter "O" has been typed as an overlay to create Moire effects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.