Hexacoralla I by Ernst Haeckel Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Architecture his application of colour restrained

his application of colour restrained to the point of austerity

and warm ochres

the vivid color and fine linework of this illustration stay sharp and precise

and subtle colour gradations are reproduced with the sharpness the original demands

Hexacoralla I by Ernst Haeckel Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Architecture his application of colour restrainedHexacoralla I is drawn from Haeckel's monumental Kunstformen der Natur series, published in 1904. The plate presents a dense, radially symmetrical arrangement of coral organisms rendered with the exactitude of scientific documentation and the aesthetic control of a practiced draftsman. Pale tentacles and skeletal structures are mapped against a stark background, each specimen positioned to reveal its underlying geometry. The result hovers between