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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

This is a review of "Personal Choice: Selections from Four Penn Alumni Collections" at the ICA at the University of Pennsylvania in which selections from the Sackner Archive were included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.