Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Title:
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

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