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Bush, Tracey

British butterflies.

[2004]

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British butterflies, [London] : [Tracey Bush], [2004], Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund.




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  • Title(s)

    British butterflies.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Museum box

  • Published/Created

    [London] : [Tracey Bush], [2004]

  • Physical Description

    8 cut-paper butterflies ; in box 13 x 18 x 5 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N7433.4.B87 B74 2004 Flat A
    Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    © 2020 Tracey Bush

  • Classification

    Three-Dimensional Artifacts

  • Notes

    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.
    Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 168
  • Subject Terms

    Artists' books -- Great Britain. |
    Butterflies in art. |
    Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens. |
    Women in natural history.

  • Form/Genre

    Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Cut-paper works.

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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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