This was taken from the manuscript of the portfolio for reproduction by Thames & Hudson -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Typewriter poems/art from Portfolio Chopin. Titled works include: "Rockets", "Il gele", "oui non", "vol volauvent". + 2 handwritten supplementary notes on the pieces, dated 1991

Nicholas Zurbrugg's review of the poetry of Henri Chopin

Gérard-Georges Lemaire's review of the poetry of Henri Chopin

This magnificent presentation of poetry and typewriting art uses varying shades and types of silver papers, several different type fonts and letter sizes and 16 typewritten poems that Chopin calls Dactylo-Poems. There is an inserted nine page accordion pamphlet entitled "Phases de Lune." The typography in this book dances across the pages. In this example Number A, there are five unique typewriter drawings; three represent the full moon and two are square figures. In addtion and not called for in the colophon, Chopin inserted a unique typewriter poem as the frontpiece that is captioned, "fresco for the signs in 2001 for Ruth and Marvin Sackner..." This tirage consists of 150 unsigned examples, 10 signed examples including an original typewriter poem, and the unique edition, copy A, that is signed and includes five unbound original typewriter poems as well as an additional smaller size typewriter poem within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an intense political/anti-religious poem decrying extremists in the world that Chopin lists in the poem and characterized them by the statement, "IT IS FORBIDDEN to be the objects of imbeciles: catholicsprotestantsbuddhistmaoiststalinistsocialists...whohaveall agreed to destroy us." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The English translation of the title is skyscraper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The number 84 was typed repetitively to achieve the desired visual effect. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was composed at the Sackner Archive during a sound poetry and typewriterart as a performance to all attendees by Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the original of the typing which appears in Chopin's book, "Le Dernier Roman du Monde." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Chopin requests Furnival to send graphics to ICA and to ask Houedard to send poems as well. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.