Legion 87

Accession Number
2015/2.93

Title
Legion 87

Artist(s)
Ward Ritchie

Object Creation Date
2003

Medium & Support
graphite, watercolor, and gouache on mylar

Dimensions
9 in x 6 in (22.86 cm x 15.24 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Leonard Rosenberg

Subject matter
Ward Ritchie participated in the "golden age of printing" in the United States that took place in the 1920s and 1930s. He primarily printed pooks through his own printing press. Sometimes the books were one's he authored himself and sometimes he printed other people's publications. Ritchie was a self-proclaimed bibliophile who was born and raised in California and he spent the majority of his life in the state.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
abstract

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Mylar (TM)
direction signs
gouache (paint)
mixed media

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