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Bush, Tracey

British butterflies.

[2003]

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British butterflies, [London] : [Tracey Bush], [2003], Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund.




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  • Title(s)

    British butterflies.

  • Published/Created

    [London] : [Tracey Bush], [2003]

  • Physical Description

    [8] p. : all ill. ; 16 cm. + shapes (scissors-cut) from maps of the British isles.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N7433.4.B87 B75 2003
    Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Cover title.
    This book is made with reference to each butterfly's name having a link to the location/section of map utilised eg. 'Wood White' is cut from a white map of a wood. It aims to emulate a stamp album from the 1930's.
    Artist's Book Yearbook 2003-2005, p. 177
    BAC: British Art Center copy stamped "1", signed by the artist, dated 2003. Bound in green book cloth binding with pink and blue edged ribbon ties. Title stamped in gilt on front cover accompanied by a gilt vignette of a butterfly.
  • Subject Terms

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

  • Form/Genre

    Artists' books. | 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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