Octopuses & Cuttlefish
Octopuses & Cuttlefish (Gamochonia) — Kunstformen der Natur · Ernst Haeckel · 1899-1904.
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Where it works
Haeckel's octopuses and cuttlefish, tan and ochre bodies spotted in rust with tentacles coiling across a cream page under the plate's own German caption. It suits a bathroom, a kitchen or a seaside living room at 16×24 in natural wood, beside his Sea Slugs.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1899–1904 (Haeckel)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- ochre, cream, terracotta, sepia
- Mood
- warm, playful
- Rooms
- living room, kitchen, bathroom
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or natural wood frame, or the White-mat border for a classic gallery look. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.





























