Sleepy Duskywing | Erynnis Brizo
Freeport, ME: Rebecca Goodale, 2009. Item #10889
5-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/4." Limited edition, number 4 of 6 copies. Cloth-covered drop-spine box holds a pamphlet and interior lid that can be lifted to display a string assembly on which hang 5 butterfly cutouts (printed on a Gocco printer). The five cotton strings attach to underside of interior lid and bottom of the box; when fully extended, they are approximately 27" tall. A cotton loop on top of interior lid lifts the butterfly display, and this loop can be used to tether in place for display. Laid in on top of the interior lid a 5 x 5" hand-stitched, vellum bifolium with handwritten title and colophon. The outer cloth-covered box, a drop lid clamshell box, has a cotton thread and bone closure. Fine.
A beautiful and playful display from Goodale's Threatened and Endangered series, which presents the threatened and endangered flora and fauna of Maine. In 2025, the authors of the Maine Butterfly Checklist issued by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) noted "Five of the 114 species are believed extirpated from Maine and ten have been listed as state endangered or special concern by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife." Sleepy Duskywing was added to the endangered list in 2007.
Price: $350.00