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This piece was made specifically for the Sackners and was a gift from the artist and is one half of a companion work made for Norma and Allan Wilson who introduced us to Lina Weiss. Both works were exhibited in the Art Center Gallery on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach along with the performance of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The first page of the A book depicts 25, nearly identical, stick figures draw in ink in the style of A.R. Penck with collaged, round, red paper stickers for the heads. The heads have facial features drawn in ink. The verso has one red paper stick collaged onto the page. Each subsequent page has one less stick figure and one additional sticker on the verso. The final page of the book has one stick figure and 25 stickers collaged onto the verso. In Book B, red and green, round paper stickers are collaged onto most pages with ink, horizontal lines to emulate music scores. On other pages, surrealistic animal-like shapes, cut from music scores, are collaged onto the pages with music-like scores. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Originally published in 1973, fifth of seven books covers Brossa's work for the period 1969-1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner copy of the British edition contains three introductory and one afterword facsimile pen drawings by John Lennon that are not included in the American edition. Ono documents a performance work, "Breath Piece," as follows: "Breathe. First performed at Wesleyan University, Conn., U.S.A., in 1966. A large card with small lettering saying "breathe" was passed three times among the audience." In the introduction to this British first edition, there is a calligraphic text that states "Hi! My name is John Lennon I'd like you to meet Yoko Ono." This is offset printed in the American edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image accompanying this poem is an abstraction of a barge (on the Cayuga river flowing through Cleveland) with musical notes eminating from its foghorn. The poem refers to the fact that the river caught on fire because of heavy pollution near the time the poem was written. The title of the poem is "the foghorns of the barges" and reads, sing to me mournful - sing to me mad - sing to me mist and magic - and everyone else as the city sneaks out of the haze - we laugh and throw firecrackers at it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Janus Head was assembled with original material received through 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. The artist portrays the sounds of breathing as music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. The artist portrays the sounds of breathing as music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In this catalogue, a John Cage (1986) mesostic poem in homage to Ori is reproduced. Ori uses music staves as background for his visual images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Vamp & Tramp: An artist book in three parts, subtitled "Chance Chants," "Timing," and "Logic." In this layered study of language and consciousness, Laxson explores the spoken and printed (or written) aspects of alphabetic cultures and an eventual diminishment of image-making because it diluted the potency of words. The book moves in a nonlinear fashion (even through the more linear sections ). To greatly oversimplify: Laxson begins in prehistory symbolizing the beginning of language as an extension of image-making by a combination rebus/word map. As a concept of numerical ordering develops out of the collective chaos—"We're here in the land of scheming"— the individual (ego) takes the stage. Ultimately, an inherent richness and diversity of awareness is abandoned for one that can be explained in words—"She: We all lost our capacity for awe and wonder . . when we started writing about it. He: But writing glorified monotheism, individualism. It invented money, prose, drama,...

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Andryczuk used found, antique sheet music as a the surface for his visual poetic, surrealistic drawings and collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.