R K Francis writes, "In 1989, following a visit to the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami, Rea was inspired by the idea of creating an artist's book. His interest in this project grew out of a desire to paint a series of watercolour images to accompany extracts from Rimbaud's 'Une saison enfer,' a work which has for a long time fascinated him." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.