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Ernst HaeckelArt Forms in Nature (Plate 79 - Basiliscus) — 1899 Celebration of Nature1899
1899
$225
£172.04
€197.07
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About the Item
Ernst Haeckel, 'Art Forms in Nature' (Plate 79 - Basiliscus), offset lithograph, 1899. Signed and titled in typeset, upper left. Titled 'Tafel 79 — Basiliscus', upper right and 'Lacertilia. — Eidechsen', bottom center. Lithographic plate rendered and printed by master lithographer Adolf Giltsch, from the original 1899 publication, the full sheet, in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
Image size 10 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches; sheet size 14 1/4 x 10 11/16 inches.
ABOUT THE IMAGE
Basiliscus is a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, endemic to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The genus contains four species, commonly known as the Jesus Christ lizard, or simply the Jesus lizard, due to their ability to run across water for significant distances before sinking.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, (1834 – 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and coined many terms in biology, including ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the influential but no longer widely held recapitulation theory ("ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny") claiming that an individual organism's biological development, or ontogeny, parallels and summarises its species' evolutionary development, or phylogeny.
The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-colour illustrations of animals and sea creatures, collected in his Kunstformen der Natur, (”Art Forms of Nature”), a book which would go on to influence the Art Nouveau artistic movement. As a philosopher, Ernst Haeckel wrote Die Welträthsel (1895–1899; in English: The Riddle of the Universe, 1901), the genesis for the term "world riddle" (Welträtsel); and Freedom in Science and Teaching to support teaching evolution.
- Creator:Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919)
- Creation Year:1899
- Dimensions:Height: 10.94 in (27.79 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20.02 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Myrtle Beach, SC
- Reference Number:Seller: 1039661stDibs: LU53237583092
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