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The drawing depicts two stylized soldiers in its center part. There is a listing of words with the stem, bouc-, on the upper left side and the stem, ecu- on the upper right side. There is dense micrographic writing on the lower left and right corners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In these paintings, more vivid colors begin to appear in Seille's work. Roger Cardinal contributes a particularly sensitive essay about Seille's personality. On the WEB, Roger Cardinal's essay: If writing remains one of our most cherished modes of communication, then it is because we associate the effort of transcribing words onto paper with a genuine desire for clarity and contact. Often of course, a person's handwriting is ungainly or crabbed, yet we still attribute purpose to its markings. Messages matter to us, and we are seldom blase when we trip over a phrase in a loved one's postcard and struggle to disentangle the scrawl letter by letter. What we cannot decipher, we gawp at in bemusement. Such bemusement remains an essential ingredient in the artmaking of Geneviève Seille. As a child at school, she fell in love with the sensation of her nib scudding across the paper during handwriting classes. "It was a magical moment", she recalls, "the quiet only interrupted by the...

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This is a transitional work in the artist's "Doodle Series." The collaged elements consist of photocopied fragments of calligraphic text recycled from previous works. The work depicts large handwritten letters and numbers scattered among a few grotesque profiles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition, curated by Patrick Murphy, consisted of works loaned by the Sackner Archive, Carlos & Rosa de la Cruz, Martin Margulies, and William & Phyliss Mack. The artists from the Sackner Archive consisted of Tom Phillips, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Genevieve Seille. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. Drawings, booklet and cards are inserted into sleeve pages formed by partial fastening with paper tape. The pages depict bizarre, human-like figures and obsessive, multiple calligraphic styles. Seille lists words in French and English relating to breathing on cards but the major text on the pages on lung anatomy and disease is taken from Latin writings of Pliny, e.g. "a heavy cold clears up if the sufferer kisses a mule's muzzle." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. The borders of the picture depict a stylized outline of the two lungs. Several smaller images of the lungs are placed within this outline. Dense, obsessive, calligraphy in Latin ranging from large size to micrographic lettering appears in most of the picture. The image deals the with anatomy and physiology of the lungs and heart and is transcribed from the book "Natural History" by Pliny. Seille also provides a list of French words related to breathing and lung disease. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The textural part of this drawing in Latin is taken from the writings about the lungs by Pliny, the Roman Naturalist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. In the lower half of the drawing, a human-like figure with stylized representation of the lungs and airways is present. On its right side, there are several smaller images of the lungs while on the left side and above it, dense Latin text taken from the writings of Pliny are written, e.g. "below the heart are situated the lungs, drawing in and sending back the breath, and consequently spongy in substance and perforated with empty tubes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. The main image of this picture is a human-like figure whose lungs are represented by circles and tubes. Smaller, more complex images of the lungs also appear as well as bimorphic organic forms. Obsessive calligraphy is transcribed from Latin writings of Pliny, e.g. at the lower center of the drawing, the large lettering reads: But especially good for those attacked by pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisis), is the root of the plant consiligo... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A drawing, sculpture, and a book from this exhibition were purchased by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto of this piece is a collage with a number of handwritten additions while the verso is a letter to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.