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Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Title(s):

Butterfly.

Published/Created:
[Elsdon, Northumberland] : [Sarah Morpeth], [2010]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([8] panels) : color illustrations ; 8 x 56 cm, folded to 8 x 8 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.M675 B88 2010 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.
Artist's book, on 8 accordion-folded panels bearing a printed arboreal design. To this strip are attached four cut-paper figures of a butterfly taking flight; the butterflies are positioned so that their heads and wings protude from the edges of the book.
The end panels are affixed to boards covered in green cloth. The title is stitched on the top cover, in yellow thread. Issued in a small white box. n white gift box with the artist's printed label affixed to the top.
BAC: British Art Center copy signed "Sarah Morpeth 2010."
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Butterflies -- Pictorial works.
Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books.
Accordion fold format (Binding)
Cut-paper works.
Toy and movable books.
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