Prince Albert I (Illustr.) — Sea Urchin | Fine Art Print

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Prince Albert I (Illustr.) — Sea Urchin | Fine Art PrintPrince Albert I of Monaco (18481922) was a pioneering oceanographer whose scientific expeditions produced extraordinary illustrated atlases of deep sea life. The illustrations commissioned for these publications produced by the finest scientific illustrators of the Belle poque combine rigorous zoological accuracy with remarkable visual beauty. Printed on Hahnemhle German Etching paper the same archival stock museum studios use through a 12 ink gicle

Illuminated frontispieces

Killed at Verdun at 36

masterful draughtsmanship

Co-founder of Zurich Dada

The Quran produced under his direct patronage

and the New Woman

Together they span three centuries and three national traditions

Collector-quality presentation for a sharply modern sensibility

coastal scenes — became some of the movement's most widely collected images

and bleached desert bones defined a uniquely American visual vocabulary — intimate yet cosmic

A champion of the bicycle

Shigeo Inobe was a Japanese graphic designer and illustrator active in the mid-20th century