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This work is depicted in b&w in the exhibition catalogue, "The I.N.I. Avant Garde" (1994), a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this drawing, the Sackners thought that the central image was a woman's face. It was created with a combination of micrography, hieroglyphics and realistic markings representing hair. *WEB 1998: Angelo Merante: The face in the center of work is a portrait of young Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud (based on iconography of his times) and not the portrait of a woman (although Paul Verlaine was surprised when, seeing the face of this young poet, noted the perfect ovoidal shape in his face. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These calligraphic drawings are painted with a brush on black glossy paper. The colors are white, purple, blue, gold and grey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image consists of dense arrangement of colored words and letters in recognizable and hieroglyphic-like shapes and sizes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.