Matthew Ritchie

Fungi: Phaleg

1997

A humanoid figure formed from many small intertwined limbs with bright orange tips.
A humanoid figure formed from many small intertwined limbs with bright orange tips.

RECTO

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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