This print depicts L's and mirror imaged L's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This magnificent presentation of poetry and typewriting art uses varying shades and types of silver papers, several different type fonts and letter sizes and 16 typewritten poems that Chopin calls Dactylo-Poems. There is an inserted nine page accordion pamphlet entitled "Phases de Lune." The typography in this book dances across the pages. In this example Number A, there are five unique typewriter drawings; three represent the full moon and two are square figures. In addtion and not called for in the colophon, Chopin inserted a unique typewriter poem as the frontpiece that is captioned, "fresco for the signs in 2001 for Ruth and Marvin Sackner..." This tirage consists of 150 unsigned examples, 10 signed examples including an original typewriter poem, and the unique edition, copy A, that is signed and includes five unbound original typewriter poems as well as an additional smaller size typewriter poem within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The sculpture is a plastic an opened plastic cylinder that contains a face from hand crumpled paper with typed letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The selections of this book are classified according to the following topics: Bus and Beasts, Levitation Practice, the "a" s, Words & Allusions, Landscapes, Bananas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. This drawing is reproduced in his book held by the Sackner Archive, "Ein Leben in Zeichen." In this book, it is dated 1977/1983 and shows minor differences from the original. This typing (1/12/77) and the prepatory drawings (30/11/77) and (29/11/77) are framed together. This work was purchased from the Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and mrked the first typewriter piece purchased by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text was written by Basset. Klaus Basset was born in 1926 and died in 1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a pirated edition of Werkman's typings published by derek beaulieu. The paper stock has a rougher feel than the 2nd edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a pirated edition of Werkman's typings published by derek beaulieu. The paper stock has a smoother feel than the 1st edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

DSH has typed five columns with seven lines of the words 'monks' with the following different wods randomley placed: flies, poetry, work, prayer, ? , weather. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The French title is "En-haut et en-bas" or "Top and Bottom,"or "High and Low." Each page is a print of Kolar's typogrammes from the 1960's. The pages are cut so that a portion of typing from the following pages become an important part of the composition. Kolar created new configurations with the typewriter that were known as "creations plastiques." The Sackner Archive holds unique typewritten pages that were bound into a unique binding by Pella Erskine Tullock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The notations to the right of the image were inspired by Julius Nelson's book "Artyping (1939-1940), a book held bythe Sackner Archive. A composite image was produced of the black and red density gradients by merging the original typings in Photoshop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The notations to the right of the image were inspired by Julius Nelson's book "Artyping (1939-1940), a book held bythe Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.