---

---

(Schwartzott, Carol) Spix’s Macaw: The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird. [By] Tony Juniper. Atria Books. New York. London. 2003. 6 color plate pages. 287p, includes Index. Illustrated dust jacket. Book – 8.75″ x 6″. Box – 10.75″ x 8.75″ x 3.5″. Laid in a special box by Carol Schwartzott. Book laid in upper tray of box. The tray is printed with details about the Macaw – what it looks like; it’s history, its population and its habitat. The tray has low built-up sides which are decorated with floral paper. Beneath the tray is a three-dimensional scene of macaws on a branch; a row of various stamps which illustrated macaws is at the bottom of the scene. Below this, in a separate compartment are seven small glass bottles, each filled with various items of different colors – nuts, seed, moulted feathers, dried moss, twigs, etc. The wooden box itself is painted two shades of gray and has a rectangular inset on the lid, which contains a map of the area macaws are found, a mock stamp with a bird perched on it, and a glass top. No. 3 in an edition of 7 boxes. The tray is signed, dated and numbered in pencil by Schwartzott. Fine.

Laid in is a sheet from Carol Schwartzott giving details of the materials used, her concept and techniques in making this work. She writes that she likes to “think of it as a contemporary ‘time machine’ that visualizes the environment and habit’s of Spix’s Macaw, [as] endangered and extinct in the wild bird [world.]”

“A modern curiosity cabinet.”

Related items: Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Carol Schwartzott