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The theme of this print relates to apartheid in South Africa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes a 1977 drawing by Tom Phillips entitled, "Jazz on a Sumer's Day." This drawing was also reproduced in American Airlines' magazine, "American Way." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was curated by Gillo Dorfles and Alain Arias-Misson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition with all works lent by the Sackner Archive was the first one-man museum show of Phillips in the United States. The curator, Huston Pascal, contributed an exceptionally perceptive essay on Phillips works. Phillips also contributed an essay mainly dealing with his relation to the collectors, Ruth & Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips' self-portrait of his face also appears on the catalogue cover of his exhibition, New Drawings and Prints, 1975-1976, Welsh Art Council. The Humument fragment in the print but not the catalogue cover reads, "a curious rien in photo edged in tea - for every day in the Year - discover the mask." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Although the colophon is numbered 25/100, Phillips signed the work 14/100. One of the prints is taken from Phillips' opera "Irma" and has Humument imagery. The prints feature stencilled, empty letters characteristic of one of Phillips' styles. These are depicted in Tom Phillips: Works Texts To 1974, page 260-261. Phillips mentions that this wotk was first performed by John Tilbury in 1971. The Humument fragments read "quite high - intonation devine time (top print) and "tr - Low and high divisions - s- the hiss of cheeks (bottom print). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Review of the Tom Phillips R.A. exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art to which the Sackner Archive lent six works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The biography of Tom Phillips describes his multi-faceted career in a droll style, perhaps authored by Phillips himself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips" review of "Andy Warhol: A Biography" by Victor Bockris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Callow was born in Streatham, London, England, UK, the son of Yvonne Mary (née Guise), a secretary, and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman. His father was of English and French descent and his mother was of Danish and German ancestry. He was brought up Roman Catholic.Callow attended the London Oratory School and then went on to study at Queen's University Belfast ('Queen's') in Northern Ireland before giving up his degree course to go into acting at the Drama Centre London. Callow's immersion in the theatre began after he wrote a fan letter to Sir Laurence Olivier, the Artistic Director of the National Theatre, and received a response suggesting he join their box office staff. It was while watching actors rehearse that he realised he wanted to act.Callow made his stage debut in 1973, appearing in The Thrie Estates at the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Edinburgh. In the early 1970s he joined the Gay Sweatshop theatre company and performed in Martin Sherman's critically acclaimed...

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Phullips contributes a long poem to this book that honors the British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle for the 1995 Ernst xon Siemens Musikpreis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section but most of the lines have been erased even though this version is designated as the final proof. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was cokmposed in 1991. This was recorded on a compact disc in 1997, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Phillips' musical compositions in this work, e.g., Golden Flower Piece, Ornamentik, Jigsaw Pieces, Irma, Seven Miniatures, Lesbia Waltz, and Last Notes from Endenich were performed by Mary Wiegold, soprano, and The Composers Ensemble (which included Phillips' daughter Ruth on cello). In the booklet accompanying the compact disc, Phillips provides a brief biography and mentions that in 1975, "Meets Marvin and Ruth Sackner, who found the archive in Miami which now houses most of Phillips's work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Phillips' musical compositions in this work, e.g., Golden Flower Piece, Ornamentik, Jigsaw Pieces, Irma, Seven Miniatures, Lesbia Waltz, and Last Notes from Endenich were performed by Mary Wiegold, soprano, and The Composers Ensemble (which included Phillips' daughter Ruth on cello). In the booklet accompanying the compact disc, Phillips provides a brief biography and mentions that in 1975, "Meets Marvin and Ruth Sackner, who found the archive in Miami which now houses most of Phillips's work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was constructed according to rules of the golden section with these lines retained in gold ink. The print was not editioned but a musical piece with the same title was composed in 1991 and recorded on a compact disc in 1997. The disc is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This piece (Opus 10) is depicted in Tom Phillips: Works Texts To 1974, page 255. It is stated that the edition size was 100, but this copy indicates that the size was 150. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.