This unusual exhibition catalog, which itself can be classified as an artist book, consists of booklets with reproductions from limited editioned artist and illustrated books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print in the center depicts the silhoutte of a girl feeding the doves in black and white and on the background one can see the silhouttes of doves flying as depicted in black and blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This sculpture contains forty words hand printed in ink on the sides of ten wooden square blocks. Each block, that can rotate on a wooden dowel through hand movement, measures 11.4 x 11.4 x 2 cm. The words selected by Phillips for each block are: Modernism, Miami Beach, Moonlight, Memory - Inspires, Indulges, Identities, Ignores - Ambiguous, Amorous, Artistic, Abstract - Madness, Mythology, Miracles, Moments - Idiotically, Inwardly, Ineptly, Intensely - Brainless, Backward, Bohemian, Beautiful - Egoists, Emotions, Erections, Eccentrics - Always, Artfully, Already, Absurdly - Confuse, Clarify, Complete, Celebrate - History, Heartache, Happiness, Hysteria. The first letter of each block vertically spells Miami Beach.Illustrated in "Works and Text 1992 " on page 110. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Tom Phillips writes in his brochure dealing with this series of works that he painted small pictures when he had little time while working on the translating and illustrating of Dante's Inferno. It occurred to him that he could recapture the original impression of a larger space "not by making the works bigger but by making the context in which they were to be viewed smaller." He described the small paintings set into miniature gallery walls as "National Gallery of Lilliput." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print was silkscreened by Dave Pike at Ipswich. This score (Opus 2) consists of wavy black heavy curved lines with thinner red line intersections. Phillips provides directions on one side of the folded print in his own handwriting. The letter to John (Furnival?) describes a broadsheet/poster drawing for publication. He mentions that the musical print is "...something David Bedford asked me to do - an indeterminate piece for any number of people (to use where he teaches) -so, for interest, I enclose that too." Depicted in Tom Phillips: Works Texts To 1974, page 249. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The booklet with the 26 treated pages has an abstract line drawing on its cover, the booklet with 69 treated pages has the roman numeral "II" on its cover with the title "Les Tres Riches Heures de Fleur." The first booklet describes and illustrates trips to Kenya, Verona, Dusseldorf with Phillips' assistant/bookbinder Pella Erskine Tulloch. He also describes and illustrates her musical tastes. The first sketch of her portrait appears on one of the pages; the Sackner Archive holds the completed painted portrait. In the booklet with 69 treated pages (concertina II), Phillips mentions drawing and painting Pella's portrait and comments on his own activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

John Russell contributed an introductory essay that analyzed Phillips' painting "Benches" as well as "A Humument." "Oh, those reds," a painting from 1969 to 1973, that is depicted in black & white in the catalogue is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing was rejected for the cover design by Hansjorg Mayer because it was too complcated for a book cover. Thepoem reads "I had come about art - after only one readingi was able to tell her, - it was a Journal of secret scribing and hiding a work of fiction - interspersed wit used art - read the toge story - there are certain scenes and feelings" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section but most of the lines have been erased even though this version is designated as the final proof. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was cokmposed in 1991. This was recorded on a compact disc in 1997, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section with these lines retained in gold ink. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was composed in 1991 and recorded on a compact disc in 1997. The disc is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Image consists of the sixty red number '60's' with varied dimensions placed in a vertical rectangular space with some of the numbers overlapping. It was done n celebration of Tom Phillips' 60th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The collage was made from fragments of 19th century engravings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The first copy was acquired in 1991; a second copy with slightly different color registrations and higher prices published in 2007 is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The first copy was acquired in 1991 and held by the Sackner Archive; this second copy with slightly different color registrations and higher prices was published in 2007. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.