This two vertical human-like figures in the center of this drawing are less obvious than the surrealistic creatures prominent in Seille's earlier works. The dense handwritten words and numbers are done is in varied styles that are typical of her ouevre. The background includes consists of collaged elements of other Seille's drawings and the work is varnished giving it a a brownish cast. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book is arranged in an alphabetical order and lists handwritten words in French, English, and Latin selected by Seille conforming to her own scheme of visual importance for that letter. The visual images largely consist of material gleened from periodicals of the popular press. Photocopied material from French dictionaries is used often to form a background for Seille's handwritten lists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this letter to the Sackners, the artist writes about her new works which she calls "Architecture Fluide." Examples of this genre were later acquired by the Sackner Archive from an exhibition held at the England Gallery, London in April 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawing is folded into four unequal sections and contains Seille's distinct iconographic writings. This work is stored in Seille's artist books box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Seille writes the Sackners that she was very happy to receive the photographs of her work hung on the wall of the Sackner house. She also indicated that Cozette de Charmoy and she plan to collaborate on a book project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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.

Cover has series of numbers written by artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book depicts typical imagery of Seille's work, viz. surrealistic, impossibly constructed, human figures, automatic handwriting in different calligraphic styles, lists of numbers and labels unrelated to image or text are present in the book and on two facing pages which depict the lungs as one to four chambers in five pseudo-humanistic figures. Although the obsessive calligraphy and strange visual imagery resemble artwork done by artists in mental institutions (outsiders), Seille is not an outsider. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The work consists of twelve small pieces of treated paper with a single handwritten neologistic word, e.g., apteryx, argosome, etc. on the recto and numbers on the verso. The papers are held in a papercard case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Curated by Paul Hatton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.