Size: 12 x 18 inch

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This photograph, by Morbid Anatomy founder Joanna Ebenstein, shows the main hall of the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle located in Paris and established in 1793. In it, we see a parade of animated skeletons, led by a beautiful écorché—or flayed muscle figure—of a man, presented as the apogee of the animal kingdom.

This photo was originally shown in The Secret Museum exhibition, exhibited at Observatory in 2010.

Joanna Ebenstein is a Brooklyn-based writer, curator, photographer and graphic designer. She is the creator of the Morbid Anatomy blog, library and event series, and was cofounder and creative director of the recently shuttered Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn. Her books include Death: A Graveside Companion, The Anatomical Venus and Walter Potter’s Curious World of Taxidermy. Her work explores the intersections of art and medicine, death and culture, and the objective and subjective.

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