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Retrospective Triptych with Drawers / Genevieve Seille., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-02632-2675

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Scope and Contents

This complex sculpture is composed of three sections hinged together resembling an alter piece. The two lateral elements contain hand drawn, collaged wooden pieces inserted on the front edges that can be pulled forward with a string. The entire work, front and back, is covered with Seille's unique handwriting and line drawings on paper collaged onto the wooden structure. The wooden base is actually the shipping crate Seille made and used to send the triptych to the Sackner Archive. The interior base is collaged with an original drawing, and the crate is so beautifully crafted that it serves perfectly as a base for the sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 sculpture (triptych, paper, wood, cardboard, ink, graphite, crayon, tea, varnish, photocopied fragments, handwriting) in base (wood, collaged, pencil, ink, handwriting)) ; sculpture closed to 74 x 39 x 17 cm, opened to 74 x 76 x 26 cm, on base 50 x 83 x 23 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

gallery balcony

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.r.). Nationality of creator: French. General: About 1 total copies. 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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