Includes reproduction of El Lissitzky's poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge" as plate No.124. This poster from Lenin-Bibliothek, Moscow is identical to the one held by the Sackner Archive. The poster was viewed by the Sackners at the exhibition held at the Guggenheim Museum October 1992 and the identity confirmed. The reproduction in the catalog fails to show the two black lines surrounding the image. Another poster purported to be an original at Rosa Esman's gallery had a single line. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a facsimile of the Passover song published in 1919. It also includes the wraparound cover and an introduction to the book's cultural and artistic contexts, descriptions of its imagery and polyglot vocabulary, an English translation of the song from Lissitzky's Yiddish and lyrics set to music. Resouces publishes primary materials held by the Getty Research Institute. the book is edited by Arnold J. Band and Nancy Perloff contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Appears to be a reprint of a Russian Avant Garde book published in the 20's. Also signed by "Segei Sigei in absentia." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Appears to be a reprint of a Russian Avant Garde book published in the 20's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The announcement for the November exhibition lists Tom Edmonds as one of five selections for the Young Contemporaries Exhibition 1966. Some of Edmonds' typewriter poems are held by the Sackner Archive. This issue also has a critique by Emmett Williams of Alison Knowles' "Big Book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. This auction featured several rarely seen books from group 41 degrees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Works in the exhibition which are held by the Sackner Archive included "Rekord Niezhnosti" (Record of Tenderness), "Ostraf Paskhi" (Easter Eyeland), Ledantyu Faram ("Ledentu as a Beacon"), "Poesie de Mots Inconnu," "Maximiliana," "Courtisan Grotesque," the poster "L'Eloge d'Ilia Zdanevitch surnomme l'ange." Prior to 1920, Iliazd was known as Ilia Zdanevitch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive lent "The Factory" by Liubov Popova and "Gorky-Lenin" a design for a book cover by Chashnik. Design of the announcement poster, invitation to the exhibition, and the front cover of this catalogue were adapted from the latter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. Excellent reference source for description of Russian Avant Garde books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. The Sackners bought Zdanevich's "Fantastic Cafe or Tavern to Sofia Georgieune Mel'nikova" with a fold-out collaged page at this auction. The Sackner Archive holds another copy of the book without the collaged fold-out page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. Ths Sackners bought Aleksei Kruchenykh's book, Kniga I-II, lot 351, at this auction. This auction featured a number of well documented, rare Russian Avant Garde books, particularly those done by the 41' group. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. The following books offfered for sale are held by the Sackner Archive,"A Game in Hell" by Goncharova, "Of Two Squares" and "For the Voice" by El Lissitzky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. The Sackner Archive holds copies of the following books in this sale, "Of Two Squares" and "For the Voice" by El Lissitzky, and "Dante's The Divine Comedy" by Tom Phillips. There were several extremely rare Russian Avant Garde books offered in this sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. The Sackner Archive holds El Lissitzky's "Of Two Squares" that was offered for sale in this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. In this November 1988 auction, the Sackners bought "H2SO4." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. The Sackner Archive was featured in a photograph and an essay by Marvin Sackner titled "A Collector Must Face Priorities." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. In this December 1999 auction, the Sackners sold works by Mikhail Larionov, Nataliya Gontcharova, Ilya Chaschnik, Nikolai Suetin, Ljubov Popova, and Kiril Zdanevich. The catalogue notes that the Sackner Archive carefully charts the ten year period of Russian Avant Garde art "during which poets and artists worked so closely together...Whilst the following 6 lots represent only a handful of the fine works in the Sackner Collection, they nevertheless record the artistic progress of Russia during this critical ten year period. Purchased at auction and from private dealers, they clearly have been chosen with an eye for beauty and with great connoisseurship by enthusiasts who truly appreciate this important period in the development of European art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.