The theme deals with the destruction of Dresden by the Allies fire bombing during World War II. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book consists of mostly unrelated, b&w photographs, one to each page, probalby taken from magazines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book consists of a love story with peculiar typography - the letters are formed by selectively filling in or overlaying two concentric circles with black or red ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Twenty copies of the examples de tete were bound by Knoderer - the Sackner Archive copy is one of these copies. The illustrations by Pageris are semi-realistic, line drawings with a background of black watercolored abstract markings. The bookbinding has sample strips of tooled and painted leather laid into a bimorphic shape whose silhouette has features resembling the side of the human face. The binding is much larger than the booklet which is conventionally shaped. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The colophon states that each book is different and contains original drawings. The pages mainly are recyled from other books published by the Boekie Wookie group in Amsterdam. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Ben has written on one side of the mylar pages which have a mirror surface so that the opposite blank page gives a mirror, almost 3D appearance, to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The back cover of the book is bound to the inside of the case such that the book and case are integrated. The style of the drawings is somewhat reminescent of that drawn by Roland Topor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each pair of eyeglasses is unique, an analogy to the ready-mades of Duchamp. The box that contains the book and objects has the appearance of an oversized wooden match box. Bloomberg News published a mostly negative review of Miami's private art collections and Art Basel Miami in general. However, Favre's work was mentioned in a positive light: "To be surprised, you had to venture into the smaller galleries and satellite fairs. Discoveries for me were Christopher Kurtz's wood sculptures, including "First Dark" (2010), an abstract amalgamation of ornament, bird and star; Valerie Favre's inventive, narrative ink drawings and collages exploring themes of performance and dream; and the quirky, mixed-media tree sculptures of Gonzalo Gonzalez." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The font of the letters on the pages has been taken from game of Scrabble. The cover is labeled in crayon as Silkscreen by Miekel And. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Perforations are related to images of body orifices. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book also served as documentation for an exhibition at Galerie Sophienstrasse 8, Berlin, Sep-Oct, 1991. It includes sketches for book object-sculptures. The cover was made by Deisler. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.