Louisiana Heron Bird Hilma af Klint It is a landscape that

It is a landscape that feels both observed and constructed

and earth tones

luminous character of the original illustration

nature as architecture

Printed in Berlin with pigment inks built to last

Louisiana Heron Bird Hilma af Klint It is a landscape thatThis ornithological illustration of a Louisiana Heron depicts the bird in characteristic wading posture, its elongated neck and dagger shaped bill rendered with the meticulous accuracy demanded by nineteenth century natural history publications. Soft watercolour washes build the plumage in layered tones of slate blue and russet, while the wetland setting suggested by spare grasses and still water grounds the subject in its native habitat. The