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The text printed on the red umbrella is by Robert Louis Stevenson. The colophon is printed on a circular paper fastened to the tip of the umbrella. It states that this edition is dedicated to Judith A. Hoffberg, whose passion for artists' books led her to become the Founder and Editor of Umbrella, a resource for news and documentation of contemporary book art since 1978. Judith is co-founder of The Art Librarians Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Sei Shonagon was a lady-in-waiting at the court of the Japanese Empress in 990 A.D. who kept a note book on the people, places and things she encountered in her daily life. Cole and Stetser used these notes as the basis for their collaboration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Sei Shonagon was a lady-in-waiting at the court of the Japanese Empress in 990 A.D. who kept a note book on the people, places and things she encountered in her daily life. Cole and Stetser used these notes as the basis for their collaboration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was conceived and directed by Harriet Bart and printed in collaboration with Philip Gallo. Bart writes that she searches "for ancient, small quotidian objects and early signs of writing. Countless treasures of the daily capture my imagination...Objects and inscriptions, beautiful and mysterious, carry forth their secret stories and the everyday poetry of praise." Each page of found poetry is recreated by Barth and contains a unique gilded geometric form. the binding is by Jill Jevne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Book object unfolds to form a pyramid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The leaflets are printed and handcolored with the word, courage, in varied colors of ink. This version of the work was based upon a unique 1978 work. The embroidered badges were made by Steve Gilley in his shop in Yakima, Washington. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The leaflets are rubberstamped with the word, courage, in varied colors of ink. One leaflet depicts an image of a lion. The rubberstamped leaflets differ in color and layout from bag to bag such that all ten copies can be considered unique. All seven copies are stored in the Wally Depew unique box. This version of the work was based upon a unique 1978 work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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All pages are blank and alternate with black and white stock. The rubberstamped message in English and Italian is as follows: "The other side of the medal does not change the specific weight of the award." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page with random calligraphically arranged texts has been overprinted with a single letter from the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page depicts photocopied ancient images of snakes with captions supplied by Vater; the book documents a museum installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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First published by Grove Press in 1968, this edition was typeset and printed by Johanna Drucker. On several pages, light blue markings are printed under the text as a sort of abstracted female genitalia area. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page was rubberstamped in colored ink using a toy snake. Other elements included drawings from a rubber stamp of traffics signs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The brochure accompanying the book consists of a critical introduction to Bolton's poem that George Alexander likens to poetic abstract expressionism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Printed Matter writes on Hooyman's WEB site: "A bearded mountain man is awoken by his cat and rises to greet the day by making a list of themes for mediation, from American faith to ZZ Top, to be considered in a textual and graphic stream of consciousness. In the serpentine unfolding of pages, a metaphysical atmosphere arises in with a mystical cast of characters. Thought bubbles snake from personified animals, spouting philosophical queries and statements like "If liberty means anything at all, it means the freedom to tell people what they don't want to hear." (G.O.)Energized lines activate the all-over compositions, which show moxie in their layered foreground and background elements that draw the viewer into a deliberation of cultural forces at play in America. Free-floating, wizzard-ish heads open this hilarious comic book with a circuitous discussion of the meaning of Time. Equally weighty topics concern the animals that populate the rest of the book. For example in...

Scope and Contents Internet: The full name of the artist is Marcus Rees Roberts. Following his degree in English at Cambridge, Marcus Rees Roberts studied Film Theory at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he wrote his thesis on German Expressionist Cinema. He then completed a second post-graduate course in printmaking at the Slade. In 1977 he was awarded the Slade Prize and appointed teaching assistant in printmaking. In 1980 he moved to Scotland to lecture at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1982 he was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Central Florida and in 1989 as Lecturer in charge of Printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art, a post he held until 1995, when he returned to live and work in London. Rees Roberts has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad; venues include the Portland Art Museum (International Print Exhibition), Oregon; University of Central Florida, Orlando; Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina; The Slade Gallery, London; The Strang Print Room at University...