gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm almost kaleidoscopic composition

almost kaleidoscopic composition

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floats and trailing filaments stretch and branch across the sheet in delicate pinks

Queensland State

Ernst Haeckel's landmark portfolio of 100 lithographs

gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm almost kaleidoscopic compositionSinuous, intelligent and a little mysterious, the cephalopods on this plate are among the ocean's most captivating creatures and Ernst Haeckel clearly relished drawing them. Octopuses and their relatives spread their arms across the sheet in swirling, symmetrical arrangements, sucker lined tentacles curling into elegant patterns against a deep, watery background. The image is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's defining