The printed Hebrew text collaged onto this sculpture was taken from the text of Chronicles in the bible. The object onto which the paper was collaged is an old wine press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Curated by Charlotta Kotik who contributes a critical essay. A glossary by Kolar explains the different collage types utilized by him including analphabetogramme/crazygramme, appel art, banknotes, banners, chiasmage, confrontage, crumplage, depth poems, evident poems, intercollage, letters, metaformat, prollage, rapportage, rollage, sampler collage, stratification, transformation, veils, venetian blind, and ventillage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Mentions that Hoffmeister (1902-1973) fled from Czechoslovakia in 1939 to USA and after WWII became Ambassador to France from 1948-1951 and subsequently Professor of Art at the Prague Art Academy. His work overlaps the border of Art and spreads into cartoon, advertising and related fields. "He was the first artist to use typography as a total compositional medium regardless of the meaning of the actual words, concentrating on the purely visual image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The theme of this book is the Weiner Secession. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was later published in an expanded 2nd edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The message was written by Kolar's translator but the signature is his. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.