Cyrtoidea — Flaschenstrahlinge, Plate 31 (1904)

Highlights

• Crytoidea. - Flaschenstrahlinge by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) — a faithful museum-quality reproduction of a celebrated natural-history illustration.
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• MUSEUM-QUALITY GICLEE: Fade-resistant archival inks on premium artist-grade canvas, hand-stretched and gallery-wrapped over a solid 1.5" wood frame, hardware attached and ready to hang.
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Description

This striking plate depicts a scientific illustration of Cyrtoidea — a family of radiolarians (single-celled marine organisms) — rendered in meticulous white-on-black detail against a dark background, showcasing their extraordinary latticed skeletal forms, spines, and geometric symmetry. The work originates from Ernst Haeckel's landmark publication 'Kunstformen der Natur' (Art Forms in Nature, 1904), a monumental German lithographic series that blended rigorous natural science with breathtaking artistic precision and profoundly influenced Art Nouveau design. Haeckel, the German naturalist and artist, documented hundreds of microscopic organisms dredged from the world's oceans, revealing an alien beauty invisible to the naked eye.