Pulmoneorum Descriptio Locorum / Seille, Genevieve., 1990
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Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1990
Creator
- Seillé, Geneviève, 1951- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (unconventionally shaped, ink, graphite, handwriting, crayon, collage additions, scotch tape, varnish) in [frame (wood, plexiglas)) ; 142 x 70 cm, in frame 153 x 81 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
1904 storage
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.- verso). Nationality of creator: French. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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