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Poster announces exhibition of Komar and Melamid "New Paintings" at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image is an armored tank camoulaged with green leaves and background suggesting a garden but there is a contradiction to the title which refers to the pastoral mountainous region in ancient Greece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on this card reads in bold type "Arcadia." Below it in smaller type is W.D. Property. The latter relates to the action taken by the Strathclyde Region taxation office on Little Sparta in 1995. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of a boxed set of nine papercard model gliders to be cut from the prints. Each glider has been embellished with a military decal of the countries that fought World War II along with the name of a garden plant that has been printed on the rear wing. This was published in an unlimited edition. William Allen comments: Outer box made by the cult small press publisher Brian Lane. Box contains bag of elastic bands, nine silkscreen prints of different Arcadian glider kits and an instruction booklet. "Each airplane is embellished with a military decal and the name of an appropriate common garden feature has been printed on the rear wing. When the airplanes have been constructed, they may either be displayed together as a squadron or, if you have access to a garden, they should be carefully placed in the relevant spot to act as markers or name tags and a pleasing focus of interest for when the flowers are out of season." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book addresses the problems of environmentalism. Each contributor provided prints to sections that include 1) AID, 2) BABBLE, 3) BREED, 4) CHOKE, 6) ERASE, 7) MANY and 9) WET. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In Nov 1973, Finlay writes to Thorpe that he had hoped to start Archaic Carrier following Thorpe's completion of Torso Aircraft Carrier but now has decided to collaborate with him in making a game entitled, Pacific, that will be carved from wood as the next project. The letter includes information on playing this game like draughts (checkers) and instructions on its components. Thorpe writes back in Dec 1973 with his understanding of what is required from him and suggestions for wooden materials in making the pieces. In Dec 1973, Finlay writes to Thorpe that his suggestions for making Pacific seem excellent and includes further details he wishes done on its components. Thorpe replies two weeks later with further details and also sends samples of woods. A few days later, Finlay sends further instructions and complements Thorpe, "you are a continual reminder that people can collaborate in a resonable way --- something I am only too often driven to doubt by other experiences..."...

Scope and Contents Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...

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Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The loose sheet enclosed with this card rales against the Strathclyde tax collectors for seizure of Finlay's property from the Temple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The image of the watering can is depicted with a black ribbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card was published on the second anniversary of Strathclyde region's tax collectors assault on the Finlay's Garden Temple. It includes a diagram that demonstrates the making of a paper arrow and tree with the arrow piercing the tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The title is solely printed in red on the middle of each page; the pages are perforated at the left margin presumably to be torn out for a label. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto depicts a front view of an old car, a portrait of Dali, and a cartoon character. The verso has three stamps, one U.S. Postal and two by Buster Cleveland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts a pouting punk rocker on the recto and two collaged stamps on the verso, One is a triangular Doo Da stamp and the other a portrait of a man (Buster Cleveland ?) in a Dada-like outfit with a scene of Chicago in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto image is an abstract computer generated color photocopied image. The verso has three stamps, one U.S. Postal and two by Buster Cleveland, and a picture of a spacecraft in a sky of distorted words reading "DADA." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.