THE DUBIOUS CLUE
(also published under the title, Extinct animals sing the Blues)
Exhibited as part of Ex Libris
Project Space, 23–27 Cardigan Street, Carlton
Monday 28th November – Friday 16th of December, 2005

The Dubious Clue
(also published under the title, Extinct Animals Sing the Blues)
Artists’ book single color lithographic offset print hand colored with pencil, pen, fluorescent marker and collage on Aquarelle Arches 100% pure cotton hot pressed 300gsm paper.

18cm X 14cm eight page concertina, bound in cotton by the artists, with engraved mirrored perspex discs on the cover.
Printed by Redwood Prints.
Edition of 16, 2005.

List of animals featured
Big-eared Hopping-mouse
Last seen: 19th July 1843
Distribution: Moore river area, South Western Australia

Ilin Island Cloudrunner
Last seen: 4th April 1953
Distribution: Ilin Island, Philippines

Little Swan Island Hutia
Last seen: 1955
Distribution: South Little Swan Island, off North Eastern Honduras, Caribbean

Mamo
Last seen: July 1898
Distribution: Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands

Pink-headed Duck
Last seen: about 1936
Distribution: floodplains of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, India

White-footed Rabbit-rat
Last seen: 1845
Distribution: South Eastern Australia


Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
The Dubious Clue
2005
artists' book