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The names are the childwn of Albert Dupont ; Justine was murdered by Islamic terrorists in Paris at the Bataclan theatre on November 13, 2015. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of this greeting card for 2013 contains a collaged image of a door and the word "Bonheur." Porte Bonheur in French means good luck charm.The third page contains a square with the unique letters spelling Treize (thiriteen).The center consists of a column of 13 strokes or dashes numbered from 1 to 13 with red check marks at the end of 12 strokes. At the top the word 'Treize' is written and at the bottom 'Traits' which means strokes or dashes.On the right side of the page above the words 'Bonne Annee' the word 'Tres' (very) is written in red.The pronunciation of 'Tres' is similar to 'Traits' and 'Treize.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst in Vienna. The folded sheets, placed in the bound-in envelope, contain eight rebuses each. The soft cover book is also bound into the folder. The brown paper used throughout is reminiscent of the paper in Russian Avant Garde books from 1910-1930. This book describes and depicts the copper engraved work of Afrika. It serves as an introduction to Afrika's copper book of engraved rebuses that is held by the Sackner Archive. There were 500 other copies not held by the Sackner Archive that included one copper plate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This densely worked book presents the rebuses of Afrika that are a continuum of the "spheres of interimagery" in the Russian social structure as expressed in folkloric tradition and in the theories of Mayakovsky and by anonymous artists. " In Afrika's rebuses, one can read the colour, texture, heaviness, light, and sound reflectability of the material...Things return to life, become oxidized, and undergo different transformations...The rebus is surrounded by an ornament which gives them all the character of an icon or of a folk-art picture. A confessional ornament is laid upon well-developed communist symbols. A catalogue titled "Rebus" held by the Sackner Archive, published by Avant-Garde, Moscow and Paul Judelson Arts, New York illustrates and describes the copper works of Afrika.The following is an introduction by oleysa turkina and victor mazin and translated by a d haun from "Rebus II: Works on Copper" I-20 gallery, ny (1997). IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE REBUS The rebus spoke by...

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This is an important re-issue and translation of a 50's French Letterist classic. Includes the prose poem text in English and French on left page and pictograms on right hand page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This photograph is a reproduction of a work of 1973 held in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of a review of contemporary small press magazines, mostly American, presented in a bibliographic, annotated format. This copy is a special edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Raymond Bloom attended the exhibition presented by the Sackners in their Archive of Hebrew Concrete Poetry, Micrography and Kabbala for the Central Agency for Jewish Education in Dade County. Dr. Bloom distributed this sheet concerning the three stages of the history of writing: picture writing, charade or rebus, alphabet with 22 sounds and 22 pictures, as an introduction to the Archive exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover was designed by Adriano Spatola. Pasotelli's interpretation of the rebuses is idiosynchratic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover was designed by Adriano Spatola. Pasotelli's interpretation of the rebuses is idiosynchratic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book depicts Miccini's visual poetic collages along with a brief introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Timothy Porges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.