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Observationes Anatomicae Vol 33 / Seille, Genevieve., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-02630-2673

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Scope and Contents

This book depicts typical imagery of Seille's work, viz. surrealistic, impossibly constructed, human figures, automatic handwriting in different calligraphic styles, lists of numbers and labels unrelated to image or text are present in the book and on two facing pages which depict the lungs as one to four chambers in five pseudo-humanistic figures. Although the obsessive calligraphy and strange visual imagery resemble artwork done by artists in mental institutions (outsiders), Seille is not an outsider. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (ink, handwriting, collage additions, photocopied fragments) + insert page 9 + insert contents (7 ink drawings) (36 pages)) ; 30 x 22 x .7 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf 2nd f

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Burton-upon-Trent, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Genevieve Seille (l.l.- inside back cover). Nationality of creator: French. General: About 1 total copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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