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Vive la France
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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Vive la France. Late 1914–February 1915

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Ursonate
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Kurt Schwitters. Spread from Merz no. 24: “Ursonate,” a phonetic poem with typography by Jan Tschichold, Merzverlag. 1932

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Dlia golosa
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El Lissitzky. Dlia golosa. 1923

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Disk Inscribed – 1
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Marcel Duchamp. Disk Inscribed with pun for use in the film Anémic Cinéma, produced by Duchamp with Man Ray and Marc Allégret, 1925–26: Mosquitoes domestics [half-stock] requested for a nitrogen cure on the Côte d'Azur. 1926

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Disk Inscribed – 2
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Marcel Duchamp. Disk Inscribed with pun for use in the film Anémic Cinéma, produced by Duchamp with Man Ray and Marc Allégret, 1925–26: Tea bath for removing beauty spots with a minimum of Bengué. 1926

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Disk Inscribed – 3
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Marcel Duchamp. Disk Inscribed with pun for use in the film Anémic Cinéma, produced by Duchamp with Man Ray and Marc Allégret, 1925–26: Have you ever put the marrow of the sword in the oven of your beloved? 1926

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Disk Inscribed – 4
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Marcel Duchamp. Disk Inscribed with pun for use in the film Anémic Cinéma, produced by Duchamp with Man Ray and Marc Allégret, 1925–26: The aspirant inhabits Javel and I had a spiral-shaped penis. 1926

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Calligrammes
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Guillaume Apollinaire and Giorgio de Chirico. Calligrammes. 1930

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In-text plate (folio 13) from Poésie de mots inconnus
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Raoul Hausmann. In-text plate (folio 13) from Poésie de mots inconnus. 1949

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Noigandres 4 cover
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Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Ronaldo Azeredo. Noigandres 4. 1957

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Page 18, Solo for Piano, from Concert for Piano and Orchestra
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John Cage. Page 18, Solo for Piano, from Concert for Piano and Orchestra. (1958)

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0 through 9
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Jasper Johns. 0 through 9. 1960

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Mescaline Drawing
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Henri Michaux. Mescaline Drawing. 1960

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Stupidogramm (Stupidogram)
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Dieter Roth. Stupidogramm (Stupidogram). 1962

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ABC Cone
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Liliane Lijn. ABC Cone. 1965

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Emmett Williams. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. 1963, Fluxus Edition announced 1964

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Segno dei Segni (Sign of Signs)
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Mira Schendel. Segno dei Segni (Sign of Signs). 1964–65

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Atom Born Beings
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Liliane Lijn. Atom Born Beings. 1962/63

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A Heap of Language
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Robert Smithson. A Heap of Language. 1966

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Sea Poppy II
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Ian Hamilton Finlay. Sea Poppy II. 1968

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Tye Cringle
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Ian Hamilton Finlay. Tye Cringle. 1967–72

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La Crevette Amoureuse
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Henri Chopin. La Crevette Amoureuse. 1967–73

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La Crevette Amoureuse
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Henri Chopin. La Crevette Amoureuse. 1967–73

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Horizon
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Luis Camnitzer. Horizon. 1968

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Acconci 0 to 9
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Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer. 0 TO 9, No. 5 (January 1969). 1969

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Un Coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard
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Marcel Broodthaers. Un Coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard. 1969

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Walk Talk
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Ferdinand Kriwet. Walk Talk. 1969

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Dial-a-Poem
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John Giorno. Dial-a-Poem. 1970

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Raw War
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Bruce Nauman. Raw War. 1970

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Untitled from the series Datiloscritos (Typed writings)
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Mira Schendel. Untitled from the series Datiloscritos (Typed writings). c. 1970s

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Plastic Poem in VOU 133 (October 1972)
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Kitasono Katue. Plastic Poem in VOU 133 (October 1972). 1972–78

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Plastic Poem
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Kitasono Katue. Plastic Poem in VOU 160 (June 1978). 1978

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War Is Over
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Yoko Ono, John Lennon. War Is Over! If You Want It. c. 1972

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Deep in the vast heart of Africa
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Guy de Cointet. Deep in the vast heart of Africa. 1978

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Christopher Knowles – Untitled
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Christopher Knowles. Untitled (Christopher Knowles, Puevfgbcure Xabjyrf). 1980

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Shaped Words
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Kay Rosen. Shaped Words. 2011

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Untitled 2008 (John Giorno Reads)
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Rirkrit Tiravanija. untitled 2008 (john giorno reads). 2008

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