Sunday, March 25, 2007

LUCANUS CERVUS



The incredibly life-like "insect portraits" of French artist Bernard Durin (1940-1988) are collected in an edition called BEETLES AND OTHER INSECTS, from Schimer Art Books. Featuring 48 different insects, each color plate is accompanied by a thorough commentary by Gerhard Schere, former Curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung in Munich. Pub'ed 1998.

Schirmer-Mosel.