This sculpture contains forty words hand printed in ink on the sides of ten wooden square blocks. Each block, that can rotate on a wooden dowel through hand movement, measures 11.4 x 11.4 x 2 cm. The words selected by Phillips for each block are: Modernism, Miami Beach, Moonlight, Memory - Inspires, Indulges, Identities, Ignores - Ambiguous, Amorous, Artistic, Abstract - Madness, Mythology, Miracles, Moments - Idiotically, Inwardly, Ineptly, Intensely - Brainless, Backward, Bohemian, Beautiful - Egoists, Emotions, Erections, Eccentrics - Always, Artfully, Already, Absurdly - Confuse, Clarify, Complete, Celebrate - History, Heartache, Happiness, Hysteria. The first letter of each block vertically spells Miami Beach.Illustrated in "Works and Text 1992 " on page 110. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the books depicted in this catalogue that were shown as a traveling exhibition in New England were mass produced artist books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Tom Phillips writes in his brochure dealing with this series of works that he painted small pictures when he had little time while working on the translating and illustrating of Dante's Inferno. It occurred to him that he could recapture the original impression of a larger space "not by making the works bigger but by making the context in which they were to be viewed smaller." He described the small paintings set into miniature gallery walls as "National Gallery of Lilliput." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an illustrated review of Tom Phillips' exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art. All works in the exhibition were from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. This auction featured British modernist painters. The Sackners bought Phillips' "Humument Fragment no. 50" (item 241) at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book has an illustration from "A TV Dante" by Tom Phillips and Peter Greenaway. The accompanying poster is a replica of the its cover. The design layout features fractured columns with intensive use of hyphenation and varied colored texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print was silkscreened by Dave Pike at Ipswich. This score (Opus 2) consists of wavy black heavy curved lines with thinner red line intersections. Phillips provides directions on one side of the folded print in his own handwriting. The letter to John (Furnival?) describes a broadsheet/poster drawing for publication. He mentions that the musical print is "...something David Bedford asked me to do - an indeterminate piece for any number of people (to use where he teaches) -so, for interest, I enclose that too." Depicted in Tom Phillips: Works Texts To 1974, page 249. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Julius Schmid and Gustav Klimpt. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Michelangelo Anselmi and Titian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Piet Mondrian and Johannes Itten. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Patrick Symons and Augustus John. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the painting is by Rembrandt van Rijn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Thomas Hudson and Phillip Mercier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Van Gogh and Cezanne, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This series of essays is Phillips' project that is based on music in art through the ages. For this issue, the paintings are by Van Poelenburgh, Fillippino Lippi, and Dioskourides of Samos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Music in Art through the Ages was originally published as fifty essays in BBC Music Magazine. Tom Phillips contributes an introduction in which he describes musical themes, instruments, portraits of musicians, music lessons, musical scores, and abstract compositions. Analyzing specific works of art and relating them to musical history, Phillips presents a lively and informative insight into the two important aspects of his own creative life. He writes, Art is in love with music. I trust it has everywhere been apparent that I am in love with them both." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.