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The theme relates to a passage from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The contents of a wallet, lost by Lyons in 1972 and found in 1997, were photographed and reproduced in this book with a description at the top and bottom borders of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book was designed, printed and handbound by Johnson. The illustrations, based on the original style of Thomas Tenniel, the original illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, were recreated by Yvonne van Rietschoten. The letters were written by Lewis Carroll a.k.a. C.L. Dodgson and printed with a computor by the author. Twenty-six letters were chosen addressed to 26 people in alphabetical order of their first name. Each letter of the alphabet with an illustration is printed on the outside of each envelope page. This book was awarded the Bienes Book prize at the Broward County public library. Marvin Sackner served as one of three jurors in this selection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition was created utilizing a trade edition book as a support structure. Barron composed poems and utilized poems from other poets along with found text. She placed them in the layers of the book, e.g.,"Twisting silence into words, my shrouded shadow sucked deep of a breath of emptiness, to shriek into its own ear," (S.B.) "what have you done to the garden that was entrusted to you?" (A. Machado) and "Breathe in a mouthful of dust..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This annotated bibliography is written by Smith and includes descriptions and illustrations of his entire works. Smith writes a personal note to the Sackners stating that "this bibliography will give you an overall view of my work.: -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was done to commemorate the death of Bob Kaufmann, a fellow communist poet who lived in the North Beach section of San Francisco and was a good friend of Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Designed by Karen Wilks and edited by Lucy Rix, this book surveys work from the 90s. It is divided into four sections, viz., Type as Composition: designing with words; Type Plus: the alliance of type and imagery; Type as Text: typography as a medium for the reader and writer; Type Itself: recent font designs. A poster by Edward Fella is reproduced in opposition to Neville Brody's typographic magazine, "Fuse." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A sheet of translucent tissue paper with abstract shapes of inked calligraphic markings is glued to each page that has underlying printing or writing on it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book offers a selection of collages and poem objects by Kluge to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This presentation is derived from Broodthaers conception of cancelling the lines of Mallarme's poem with solid black printed rectangles. A photograph of its installation in the Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul is stored in the box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The drawing is a hand painted poem by Caruso, overlaid on a printed colored image from a periodical. It begins "dalle storie di Alberada," the title that is printed on the folder. Caruso's calligraphy in this work is more geometrical and structural than his usual handwritten texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Herve Dupont, a master French glass artist, made the binding for this conventional poetry booklet. It consists of two, colored, heavy glass panels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The box was made by Timothy Ely. The letter deals with Felix Klee's declaration of Love for Karla Grosch, three years his senior in age, Internet: Karla Grosch (1904-1933) came to the Bauhaus in Dessau in the summer semester of 1928 to work as the head of the female physical education course. Apart from Gunta Stölzl, the master of the Bauhaus weavery, Grosch was the only female teacher at the Bauhaus in Dessau. She was born in Weimar in 1904 and graduated as a dancer from the famous Gret Palucca in Dresden. At the Bauhaus, Grosch took also part in various stage performances, as for example in Oskar Schlemmer's "Glass dance" and "Metal dance", which premiered in the context of a guest performance at the Volksbühne in Berlin in 1929. Grosch stayed at the Bauhaus until 1932. She was closely linked to the family of Paul Klee and lived in a room of Klee's master's house from 1928 until 1930. During her time at the Bauhaus, Grosch had a suspense-packed love affair with the actor Max...