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This poster was hung in the most important exhibition of concrete poetry in its time. The numbering scheme used to classify the posters is based upon the pages of the exhibition catalogue with the same title. In this case, the print was not depicted in the catalogue and the page reference is to Nannucci's biography. In this version of the poem"nero," the layout is a narrow rectangle with the word fragmented into seven columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

6 prints, written in italian, they each relate to one color: giallo, nero, rosso, bianco, blu. One of the prints is framed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts the Italian word for red, "rosso," repetitively in a staggered grid on a red background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The typing depicts the Italian word for red, "rosso," in nine typed blocks. The Sackner Archive also holds a print of rosso on a red background in a repetitively staggered grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The typing depicts the Italian word for red, "rosso," in the diagonal. The Sackner Archive also holds a print of rosso on a red background in a similar repetitively staggered grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.