Matthew Ritchie

Fungi: Phaleg

1997

Not on view

Date
1997

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, watercolor, and colored ink on plastic

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
97.63.3

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/11369

Part of a series:
Kingdoms of Life
7 works

A masked figure stands on a swirling, coral-like organic form with delicate, colorful details.
Several surreal figures float around a crowned central figure while a red figure sits on a dotted globe.
A humanoid figure formed from many small intertwined limbs with bright orange tips.
Delicate watercolor sketch of a coral-like flower with orange and green leaves and three pale circles.
A delicate yellow-green botanical drawing of a flowering plant with clustered blooms and dangling stamens.
A whimsical yellow, cloud-like creature covered in daisy clusters with small legs and handwritten notes.
A reclining human figure surrounded by fluffy yellow-orange clouds and scattered gray-blue spheres.


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