Montana Mourning Cloak Butterfly Size:26" x 26" PA photographed by the Detroit

PA photographed by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1905 on 8x10 glass plate negative

it flattens and freezes in place

"Afro Blue" is part of the Black Kriby Series created by John Jennings

for short you can call it the "humumumu"

Montana Mourning Cloak Butterfly Size:26" x 26" PA photographed by the DetroitMourning cloaks belong to one of the larger families of butterflies known as "brush footed butterflies" because of their small, hairy, brushlike front legs. The common name "mourning cloak" refers to the wings resembling a traditional dark colored cloak worn when one was in mourning. {via SSUSA}Print Collection has commissioned artist Julian Montague to create our State of America series. These bright, bold, graphic images iconicize the quirky