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PHILLIPS, TOM. Cafe Society II. Micrographic diary notes, collage, manuscript writing, and drawings in watercolor, variously colored inks, and gouache by Phillips over a printed copy of Humbert Wolfe's Cursory Rhymes, (London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1927). 8vo, painted cloth; clamshell box confusingly states III on spine and cover. (SA) London,1993
It is impossible to overstate the importance of Phillips's work on the Sackners. They were first drawn to conceptual word art after seeing a portion of most famous artist's book, A Humument, on exhibit in Switzerland in 1975. They eventually purchased the finished book. It became the cornerstone of the collection which they officially named the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry in 1979.
