Lemuria by John Ihle

Lemuria by John Ihle

Lemuria

John Ihle

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Title

Lemuria

 
Artist

John Ihle

  1925 - 2002 (biography)
Year
1962  
Technique
color etching from two zinc plates with color a la poupee 
Image Size
17-1/8" diameter 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
A/P (edition of 10) 
Annotations
titled & dated in pencil 
Reference
Achenbach no. 49 
Paper
heavy ivory Arches 
State
 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
17778 
Price
$500.00 
Description

Lemuria is a now-debunked theoretical sunken landmass in the Indian Ocean, posited by 19th century zoologist Philip Sclater to explain the discovery of lemur fossils in Madagascar and India that were not found in Africa or the Middle East. A popular theory, it opened up the conversation of human evolution to scientists in many studies; it was also appropriated by occultists and others hoping to use Sclater's science to explan mystical and mythical origin stories. Deemed unlikely after Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift was accepted in the 1950s, Lemuria remains a marker of zoology's important role in the conversation regarding the human timline.

John Ihle presents an orb-like composition rendered in layered textures to represent the Lemurian theory. Blossom-like shapes and warm, earthen colors harken to his days as a botanical illustrator for the Chicago Museum of Natural History. Themes of land, flora, and connection between geographic regions would reoccur throughout Ihle's career.

 
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