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Seillé, Geneviève, 1951-

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Livre d'Architecture Fluide, 1992

 Item — Box 120: [Barcode: 31858072538683]
Identifier: CC-02634-2677
Scope and Contents

The dark brown covers of this book have been collaged, crumpled and heavily varnished by Seille to create a unique artist binding, The endpapers consist of fluid calligraphic writing in an unrecognizable alphabet, written in black paint reminiscent of Chinese calligraphy. The pages are collaged with the artist's unique drawings consisting of images, numbers, surrealistic drawings and organic structures. The pages are varnished such that a crunchy sound is emitted upon turning the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Scriptionary, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-03069-3116
Scope and Contents

Seilles's two page letter to the Sackners details her trials of readjusting to life in France, her artistic work and concern for her health. She is pleased to hear that the Sackners saw her exhibition in the Janet Fleisher Gallery in Philadelphia. The collaged pages of found scraps of paper include a cutting from the Sackner Archive stationery. The loose sheets and the letter are inserted inside a fold of the final page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Book of Broken Speech / Seille, Genevieve., 1994

 Item — Box 578: [Barcode: 31858072463338]
Identifier: CC-28878-30200
Scope and Contents

The 'pages' consist of seven lengths of string fixed to the inside at the spine onto which have been collaged several fragments of paper with a handwritten word, e.g., clear, their, from, rare, sand, tightly, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

The Brain of the Monster, 1989

 Item — Box 620: [Barcode: 31858072461076]
Identifier: CC-02633-2676
Scope and Contents

The cover has calligraphic text by Seille. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989