Artichoke Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) and tonal gradation in the

and tonal gradation in the original artwork

As an archival fine art print

Bursting with the chromatic intensity of early twentieth-century modernism

rendered with the confident outlines and decorative patterning typical of Stolk's graphic work

The palette is restrained — deep blue-greens and pale ivory — letting the structural complexity of each specimen carry the visual weight

Artichoke Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) and tonal gradation in theThis botanical study of the artichoke belongs to the golden age of European natural history illustration, when botanical publishers commissioned artists to document plants with a rigour that was also, unmistakably, an act of aesthetic devotion. The artichoke's layered bracts are rendered in close, almost architectural detail the geometry of the head, the curve of the stem, the sprawl of the serrated leaf all given equal attention. Muted greens and