'Mapa ed Veneiis'
Geneviève Seillé
Published by Geneviève Seillé
Burton on Trent, England, 1990
Height 28 cm x width 22 cm x depth 10 cm
NAL pressmark: X920025

A unique book art object made from an old wooden school desk. The entirety of the work is covered in numbers and letters childishly scrawled in pencil, and often semi-carved into the wood. The interior of the work also contains similar markings scored into paint or written in ink, ink drawings and diagrams, and torn, collaged pieces of paper with hand-written or typed lists of letters and numbers. The work is fragile and cumbersome to handle, and various panels, hinged doors, codices and scrolls are contained within it, often in places not immediately obvious to the eye. The work has an obsessive, talismanic quality which has resonances with outsider art. Signed and dated 27/11/90 by the artist.