Konstfacks bibliotek

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*020  $a0-500-97492-6  :$cNo price : Formerly CIP
*035  $a(Ko)16130
*040  $dG*
*1001 $aKerchache, Jacques
*24514$aThe hand of nature :$bbutterflies, beetles and dragonflies  /$cJacques Kerchache ; [text by Ettore Sottsass] ; [photographs by Patrick Gries]
*260  $aLondon  :$bThames & Hudson ,$c2000
*300  $aca. 160 s.  :$bill.
*500  $a"The hand of nature was displayed for the first time at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, in Paris, as part of the exhibition 'être nature', in 1998"
*60014$aKerchache, Jacques
*60014$aNatural history collections
*60014$aPictorial works
*650 4$aButterflies in art
*650 4$aPictorial works
*650 4$aBeetles
*650 4$aIn art
*650 4$aPictorial works
*650 4$aDragonflies
*650 4$aIn art
*650 4$aPictorial works
*650 4$aInsects
*650 4$aPrivate collections
*650 4$aPictorial works
*650 4$aSkalbaggar
*650 4$abildverk
*650 4$aInsekter
*650 4$abildverk
*650 4$aFjärilar
*650 4$abildverk
*7001 $aSottsass, Ettore,$4oth$d1917-2007
*7001 $aGries, Patrick$4oth
*7101 $aFondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain$4oth
*8520 $cUgj
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In this entomological display, Nature-as-Artist holds sway, transforming each insect into a work of art. Composed of 69 boxes, Kerchache's collection is part of a tradition that dates back to the Renaissance, when people created curio rooms to house the discoveries of the great voyagers.