The sculpture consists of two objects: a large wooden pear (poire in French) and four wooden fonts of apostrophe and S mounted as a cube and also painted white. The pear is placed on top of the cube. The title of the work is read as the French word "espoir" meaning "hope" in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems were composed by Isou, the black and white prints by Dupont with the exception of one print by Isou. This edition of 10 copies has an extra suite of prints on Japon paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The artwork accompanying the two volumes of this work has been seperated as a another record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This volume contains Chapitre I - Le désir paradisiaque et l'externité and Chapitre II - Ebauche d'une économie nucléaire (1944-1953).

The artwork accompanying the two volumes of this work has been seperated as a another record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This volume contains Chapitre III - Supplément sur la créativité pure (1944-1953)

This badge has a linear-optic reproduction of a photograph by Maurice Lemaitre commissioned in 1990 by Marvin Sackner for the exhibition of the same title held at the American Lung Association meeting in Miami Beach in 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a compendium of mostly abstract drawings by Devaux. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.