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Bush, Tracey.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010054589
British butterflies.
Museum box
[London] :
[Tracey Bush],
[2004]
8 cut-paper butterflies ;
in box 13 x 18 x 5 cm
Each cut-paper moth or butterfly is comprised of multiple sheets of contemporary printed maps (on paper), each layer of paper cut to resemble the outline of a named butterfly specimen, the multiple layers tied together at the thorax with a bookbinder's pamphlet stitch. The portions of maps selected to form each specimen include one or more references to the species type; e.g. the Camberwell Beauty is composed of a map showing a portion of Camberwell, and the High Brown Fritillary is composed of a brown-toned map. Each specimen is affixed with an entomological pin to the bottom of a black museum box.
The interior of the box includes nine small hand-written labels, including one title label for the work, and eight labels naming each of the butterfly species: Camberwell Beauty, Nymphalis antiopa [female] (migrant from Europe); High Brown Fritillary, Argynnis adippe [male]; Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus [male]; Wood White, Leptidea sinapsis [female]; Lulworth Skipper, Thymelicus acteon [male]; Mountain Ringlet [male], Erebia epiphron; Comma, Polygonum c-album [male]; Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis alglaja [female].
The removable box lid includes a transparent glass top. The inside of the lid is inscribed: No. 1 "British Butterflies" museum box. T Bush 2004. The Yale Center for British Art copy is unique.
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Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world,
p. 168
Tracey Bush
© 2020 Tracey Bush
under copyright
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Artists' books
Great Britain.
Butterflies in art.
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Paper work
Great Britain
Specimens.
Artists' books
Great Britain.
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Cut-paper works.
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Women in natural history.
N7433.4.B87 B74 2004 Flat
Exhibited in:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World
(Yale Center for British Art,
May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
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View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:10162238