This reduction woodcut print depicts a zebra swallowtail butterfly, a common butterfly in the eastern USA. This species (Eurytides marcellus) is quite different from the other swallowtail butterflies in the genus Papilio. The natural host plants for the zebra swallowtail caterpillars are pawpaw trees. Where there are many pawpaw trees, there will be many zebra swallowtail butterflies, which is one reason there are many more of these insects in large tracts forest of easter forest. Cleared farmland areas have fewer of these butterflies. Another interesting fact is that the larvae are cannibalistic, so the female zebra swallowtail lays her eggs singly on the leaves or trunks of a suitable pawpaw tree.
dimensions: 8" x 10"
printed on Awagami shin inbe paper in seven colors (white, ash, olive, blue, cream, ivory, & burgundy)
variable limited edition of 42
Limited edition handmade art prints for sale will be annotated with edition number, title, signature, and year of printing at the bottom of the print. Monotype prints for sale are one-of-a-kind and will be annotated without an edition number. Trial and color proofs, when they are offered for sale, will be annotated with title, year, and a chop symbol instead of a signature. Trial and color proofs are going to be different from the limited edition prints.
