Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Title:
[Hare pop up book].
Alternate Title(s):
Hare she loves the hill
Published / Created:
[Elsdon, Northumberland] : [Sarah Morpeth], [2011?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([8] leaves.) : ill. ; 8 x 56 cm, folded to 8 x 8 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.M675 H37 2011 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title supplied by artist.

Artist's book, on 6 accordion-folded leaves bearing a printed botanic design. To this strip are attached four figures of hares, cut from plain white paper; the hares are positioned so that their heads and ears protude from the edges of the book. Each of six central panels of the strip bear a single printed word, to form the line "The hare she loves the hill," from the Mother Goose nursery rhyme "The hart."

BAC: British Art Center copy in white gift box with the artist's printed label affixed to the top.
Subject Terms:
Hares -- Pictorial works. | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books. | Accordion fold format (Binding) | Cut-paper works. | Pop-up books.