Ecco quello che ho trovato sul web, a proposito di questo vero artista:
Eugène Alain Séguy (1889-1985), used pochoir to breathtaking effect in textile designs and entomological illustrations. In the latter, Séguy's pochoir produces images of beetles and butterflies that are stunningly accurate, yet also possesses a stylized quality. Séguy's beetles come from his 1928 book "Insectes," the butterflies from that year's "Papillons." These aren't exactly obscure images — Séguy was one of the great French graphic artists of the era. But something about the installation makes these entomological images jump out at the viewer — you nearly gasp. The beetles — tan and black, green and black, or orange, green, and black — are rendered with brilliant anatomical precision. Their power derives in part from Séguy's choice to show five on a page — not lined up in taxonomic style, but all as though crawling off in different directions. They convey determined motion. At the same time, Séguy ingeniously intertwines their antennae to yoke them together in a unified image.
Ed ecco l'unica immagine che sono riuscito a recuperare, relativa ad una delle tavole sulle farfalle citate da Roberto:
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