Kunstformen Actiniae (Sea Anemones) — Haeckel, poster

Ernst Haeckel's Actiniae plate from Kunstformen der Natur, taken from Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan, on archival fine art paper.

Plate from Kunstformen der Natur, the sea anemones stand in radial pattern across the page — creatures from Haeckel's beloved marine world, rendered with the precision of scientific observation. The tentacles multiply, the colours shift subtly; each specimen is a variation on the same theme. Haeckel made a study of form itself through repetition and difference, a visual argument that nature doesn't invent — it repeats with variation.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 13×18 cm / 5×7", A3 (29.7×42 cm), A1 (59.4×84.1 cm), or A0 (84.1×118.9 cm), portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
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THE WORK

• Artist: Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
• Year: 1899–1904
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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