Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Ocallaghan, Billy, (Artist)

Title:

Birds of America : 2010 supplement.

Alternate Title(s):

Birds of America: redacted

Edition:

Pocket edition 2011.

Published / Created:

[San Francisco] : [Billy O'Callaghan], 2011.

Physical Description:

[20 pages] : color illustrations ; 18 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.O23 B57 2010a+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mark Aronson in memory of Gladys Glover

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Tête-bêche format. Two titles, bound head-to-toe, in one paper cover. Titles transcribed from both "front" covers.

Issued in a manila folder, with label reading "Studio edition- full photographic color digital pigment print on super heavy weight matte paper, bound with double stick tape, archival staples, stainless steel & magic."

An "update" to Audubon's Birds of America; the supplement features illustrations of cultural "birds," such as flipping the bird, hand turkey, rubber ducky, Big Bird, Tweety Bird, etc. The redacted version shows blacked-out images of six birds that have become extinct.

Subject Terms:

Audubon, John James, 1785–1851. Birds of America. | Artists' books -- United States. | Birds -- United States. | Extinct birds -- North America.

Form/Genre:

Tête-bêche binding. | Artist's books.