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John Ihle (American: 1925-2002): "Enchanted Mesa," color collagraph, 1983. From his later career, when he focused on non-editioned, variant multiples that he referred to as paintings, this deeply embossed collagraph shows evidence of Ihle's time as a botanical illustrator for Chicago Natural History Museum. There is a sense of finite detail and outward growth, like an expanding seed, and he uses the brightest of natural tones: turquoise, rust, rose madder, and algae green.

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