Kunstformen Trochilidae — Haeckel, poster

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

Plate from Kunstformen der Natur, Haeckel's study of hummingbirds — not a subject he'd normally study as a zoologist specializing in marine life, but the book was a survey of natural forms across all kingdoms. The hummingbirds are rendered as pure geometry: throat, wing, tail all compressed into compositional study. Haeckel approached every subject as a problem of form. The page becomes a grid of similar and 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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