Scope and Contents Internet: Oliver Behnssen and the Tax Office Munich Tax Office I 8OOO MUNICH 2, 04/10/1985 Mr. Oliver Behnssew Sedlmayrstr. 26 8000 Munich 19 Subject: Opposition to the income tax bill in 1984 Dear Mr. Behnssew! To your appeal of 19 September 1985 I take the following position: First study: According to § 4 para. 4 ITA Operating expenses are those expenses that are occasioned by the operation. These operational costs are related strictly to separate from the non-deductible according to § 12 Income Tax Act cost of living. These costs generally include the privacy of the expenses for the dwelling of a taxpayer. The law does, however, exceptionally, the share of expenses for deduction if the apartment also offers sufficient living space for the satisfaction of personal housing needs remains, can appear a locked room in the private house as objectively necessary nature and scope of activity and it is clear that the study as well as only the professional or occupational purpose...

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The cover reproduces a cancelled text poem by Man Ray from his Dada period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The title of this poem in English is up and down a steep river bank. The poem includes the Spanish word 'rio' for river as well as oro meaning gold with permutations of these letters shaped to suggest the river lapping against the bank that also contains gold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The typed (by dsh) road map with ink drawing is a road map showing directions to Prinknash Abbey and to Rooksmoor House whre the Furnivals lived. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Curated by Mari Carmen Ramirez and Hector Olea who organized this first large-scale overview of the avant-garde in Latin America during the twentieth century. Many Latin American works predated artistic works from Europe and the United States and challenged traditional notions of art and science. the catalogue and exhibition are organized into six conceptual areas or "constellations": Universal and Vernacular: Play and Grief; Progression and Rupture; Vibrational and Stationary; Touch and Gaze; Cryptic and Committed. Leon Ferrari contributed an illustrated essay "The Written Word." Hector Olea's illustrated essay on Leon Ferrari is titled "From the Drawing to Texts to the Texture of Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poster was hung in the most important exhibition of concrete poetry in its time. The numbering scheme used to classify the posters is based upon the pages of the exhibition catalogue with the same title. In this case, the poster was not depicted in the catalogue and the page reference is to Bense's biography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book reproduces several examples of concrete poetry and reprints several critical essays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book reproduces several examples of concrete poetry and reprints several critical essays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Max Bense contributed a two page critical essay. Each page depicts a single poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The letterhead is Monks Pond. Merton writes Emmett Williams that "All the things you are making happen sound good. Or helping make happen. Yes, visual poetry. I'd like to see that exhibit in Minneapolis. When will it be?" He continues, "I'm starting on some visual stuff. Hasn't loosened up yet but I think it will start to break soon. If only we had some more type here and the monastery printer had more time we could really do something about it." In a postscript, Merton adds a handwritten request, "Could I see a copy of the Bense reader? Looks interesting. Also the MacLow stanzas, as I am doing some, that - & Dieter Rot. Your catalog is very good. Only interesting one I've seen in a long time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This retrospective exhibition was organized by Sonia Salzstein. The catalogue includes seven in-depth essays including an interview with Haroldo de Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Several listings in this catalog are referenced to the Sackner Archive catolog of 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.