Stephan Bann provides an explanation of the poem in the accompanying leaflet as follows. Thermidor was the month in the French Revolutionary calendar when the summer heat was its most intense, and the grain at its ripest. It was also the month, in 1794, when Robespierre and his followers met their deaths at the guillotine. In the image of this poem, the abrupt cleavage of the word, THER MIDOR, and of the figured sheaf of flowers, suggest the termination of the revolution in its Jacobian sense. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Thermodor indicates a name of the month during the French Republican calendar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each poem consists of a drawing by Laurie Clark and a caption by Finlay dealing with the Republican calendar (France 1793-1805) during the first week of the revolution in 1794 in which the Robespierrists were executed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title statement, translated into three languages, appears on a photograph of a video monitor in capital letters with Jochen Gerz's name on the bottom. The translucent overlay has handwritten instructions for reproduction of this image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This card was mailed to the Sackners by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem deals with the responsibilities that are associated with firing a missile with a nuclear warhead. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the back cover, it is stated that he was born in 1941. Filmmaker (about 100 films for German TV), co-founder of Visual Poetry in Germany (since 1970 intern. Exhibitions & publications). Dencker did in 1972 the first TV-film (ARD/HR) and the first German anthology (Textbilder-Visuelle Poesie international. Cologne) about Visual Poetry. Dencker-Archive at the Art-Library Berlin (about 700 works & 500 books). Dencker-monograph with biography, bibliography & works: Klaus Peter Dencker, Visuelle Poesie 1965-2005. Weitra(A) 2006. Monograph about Visual Poetry: Klaus Peter Dencker, Optical Poetry. From early pictorial inscriptions to present day digital experiments. Berlin/New York, Oktober 2010. His works are in many international museums. Art-Prizes: 1972 (Erlangen), 1982 (Berlin) a. o. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card depicts a thorn with barbs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a thorn with barbs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sixty graphic designers contributed works reinterpreting Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" posters based on freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Drpicts symbols of the French Revolution, watering-can, altar, and teapot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A folded sheet onto which is printed a critical text by Stephen Bann accompanies this medallion. The image is a metaphor for the World War II battle of Midway in the South Pacific which was fought with airpower rather that ship to ship sightings. The text accompanying this work is stored in a box of Finlay booklets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Relates to the World War II battle of Midway. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Image is an armored tank. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is one of a series of four medallions produced in 1975 with Ron Costley. An accompanying folded sheet on which is printed a critical text by Stephen Bann is stored in the booklet section of Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.