leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller Printed on museum-quality matte paper

Printed on museum-quality matte paper with archival inks and a refined

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and the symmetry gives it a classic

which he produced together with an assistant and sent by mail to friends and acquaintances

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller Printed on museum-quality matte paperSmaller and more intricate than Haeckel's famous disc jellyfish, the leptomedusae in this plate are tiny hydrozoan bells, drawn with a jeweller's attention to detail. Their fine radial canals, fringed margins and threadlike tentacles are arranged in a balanced, almost kaleidoscopic composition, set against a deep background so that each pale bell seems to float and glow. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst