Front Cover: Bas Jan Ader, I'm Too Sad To Tell You, 1971
16 mm film transferred onto DVD
3 minutes 21 seconds
Courtesy Bas Jan Ader Estate, Patrick Painter Editions,
Vancouver and Perry Rubensteing Gallery, New York

Back Cover: Bas Jan Ader, Broken Fall (Organic), 1971
Silver gelating print
18 x 25 inches
Courtesy Bas Jan Ader Estate, Patrick Painter Editions,
Vancouver and Perry Rubensteing Gallery, New York

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