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The original of this book was published in 1889 by an author whose name was cancelled with white paint by Kuefte. The text is cancelled on each page with solid white paint leaving some words of the text intact to form a new poetry analogous to Tom Phillips' "A Human Document." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The original of this book was published in 1889 by an author whose name was cancelled with white paint by Kuefte. The text is cancelled on each page with solid white paint leaving some words of the text intact to form a new poetry analogous to Tom Phillips' "A Human Document." Mistakingly filed under Kuefte, Mary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text is "Everybody's Autobiography" by Gertrude Stein. Each facing page is replicated in cancelled, abstract calligraphic markings by Blank. An original cancelled drawing is included of page 153. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.