On the verso, the view of a detail is compressed to postcard size by monochrome overprinting of the surface of the image. As in the portfolio Container, the artist used procedure to give insight into the variety of aesthetic possibilities. This edition of prints is based on a series of originals, reworked, using the offset method, with tar, paint, chocolate, glue, and cocoa powder shrink-wrapped in plastic. Its intent is to transfer this aesthetic of materials to the printed medium. For example, the cardboard overprinted in cloudy white corresponds to an original that Roth overpainted with a thick layer of glue which became transparent as it dried.
Repetition is an important element of the series.
The same image undergoes several processes with only slight differences.