Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cockburn, Julie
Title:
[Flower book : white tree rose].
Published / Created:
[England] : [Julie Cockburn], [2005]
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; 20 x 26 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
© Julie Cockburn
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11327404
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
An altered book created from The Faber book of twentieth-century verse (London : Faber and Faber, 1975). The "rose" is formed by the artist's cutting and manipulating of the leaves of the book, from pages 59 to 186, creating a many-petaled rose, in full bloom, emanating from the left-hand side of the book (when opened to pages 186-187). On page 187 (opposite the rose) is the poem "Now she is like a white tree-rose" by Cecil Day Lewis.
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. | Roses -- Pictorial works. | Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Cut-paper works. | Altered books.
Contributors:
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904–1972. Now she is like a white tree-rose.