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Seneca & WSOY, Published 1993. Hardcover, 88 pp.; 36 cm; text in Finnish and English; illustrated with full-page color photographs of the textile reliefs; English translation by Frank Robson and Mia Arpiainen; photographs by Jukka Lavinto, Jaakko Seeck and the artist. Signed by Riitta Nelimarkka in blue ink on title page.
In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial boards matching the jacket; light bumping to corners. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket; a few small nicks and short tears (3/4 inch or less) to edges, including a short tear at top edge of rear panel near spine, light creasing and mild shelf wear along edges. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. [From back cover] Riitta Nelimarkka's OCEANIA in its original esthetics is a surprisingly truthful grown-up children's art book which gives a refreshing impression of independence and friendly anarchism. It is a secret peep at the colours and forms of the submarine kingdom, a delightfully humanized approach to the emotions and love life of the most bizarre amoebas and starfish. This collection has been exhibited at many galleries and museums. The first showing entitled "The Joyful Sea" was held at Amos Anderson's Art Museum in 1990. In two parts, I In March and II Grande Finale (fullcorn reliefs 1988-1989), with bilingual captions such as "A bashful schizophrenic in a tiny bathing suit" and "The ice-cream eaters," and a foreword by the fictitious Pontus von Steinhagerkelle. Nelimarkka (born 1948), granddaughter of the painter Eero Nelimarkka, made Seitseman veljesta (1979), described as Finland's first animated feature film, with Jaakko Seeck. She later took a doctorate in art and has chaired the Nelimarkka Foundation since 1987.