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This collection includes a bookmark from the Brooklyn Museum Library Collection with an image of Plate 5 from the portfolio Insectes, circa 1920s by Eugène Alain Séguy, an Art Nouveau and Art Deco French Designer. Séguy designed textiles, wallpapers, and more using the pochoir technique, which involves the use of stencils to lay down colors. The collection also includes 16 holiday cards illustrated by Barry Flahey, a scientific artist who mainly illustrates insects, plants, and animals using watercolor and pen and ink. Flahey has worked in the Entomology and Biology Departments at the Research Branch of Agriculture Canada and does non-academic nature art and cartooning.
Eugène Alain Séguy, born in 1889, was an artist who produced eleven albums of nature designs while working in Paris in the early 20th century. His illustrations feature insects, plants, crystals, and animals, and his work follows the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles, utilizing bright colors and natural forms. Séguy used the pochoir printing technique, which involves the use of several stencils and pigments applied with brushes or pompons. This technique was a staple of the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements in 20th century France, although it was phased out in the 1930s because of the time needed to produce. Séguy died in 1985.
Barry Flahey studied art in England then worked as a technical aviation artist. He moved to Canada in 1970 and worked as a scientific artist with the Research Branch of Agriculture Canada's Department of Entomology and the Department of Botany. Flahey also paints landscapes and illustrates cartoon scenes with watercolor and pen and ink. His work has been featured at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa, the Ottawa City Hall Gallery, The Algonquin Provincial Part Visitor Center Gallery, and the Montreal Insectarium. Flahey has won awards from numerous organizations since the 1970s, including the Society of Technical Communication, the Association of Medical Illustrators, the International Technical Communications Conference, the Ottawa Watercolour Society, and the Ottawa Art Association.
Lewis Deitz, Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University, collected these items.
This collection includes a bookmark depicting Eugène Alain Séguy's Plate 5 from the portfolio Insectes, titled Scolio procer (Asie Tropicale) and created circa 1920. The bookmark was produced by The Brooklyn Museum Library Collection. It features the insect print on the front with a short biography of Séguy on the back.
There are 16 holiday cards by Barry Flaney that depict insects in holiday scenes, such as playing music and making toys. Most have a list of the insects featured on the back, and a few have a short story or background on the image written in English and French.
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.
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[Identification of item], Lewis Deitz Collection of Insect-Themed Holiday Cards and Bookmark, MC 00795, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Lewis Deitz.
Processed by: Ella Mayfield, 2025 November; Collection guide written by: Ella Mayfield, 2025 November
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[Identification of item], Lewis Deitz Collection of Insect-Themed Holiday Cards and Bookmark, MC 00795, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.