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Seat of Wisdom

Item date(s): 1995

Sheila Flynn


Size: 300mm
Edition: #2/2


Publisher: Artists Book
Cat. 181
Exhibition 1996

Reference note:
Mixed media, woodcut and latex on plywood. Hand-made paper (box) with leather, canvas and wood.

Ten woodcuts, sewn together to form a circular shape when unfolded. Housed in a thick hand-made paper box (shaped) with riveted straps and a buckle and a wooden locking device.

Exhibited as part of a larger sculpture titled 'Massage Throne' which is in the collection of Hunt Lascarus ('Throne' base and book #1/2).

Book 2/2 is in the collection of the Department of Visual Art, University of Johannesburg.

Exhibition notes:
Item 181 in the exhibition 'Artists Books in the Ginsberg Collection' at the Johannesburg Art Gallery 25/8/96-27/10/96

Ref: DP/0037











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