busy, colorful layered image rendered in multicolored pigments; humanoid figure lying in supine position with a vertical thick black tree puncturing figure's eye in LRC; figure with branches protruding from head and arms, with gaping red mouth and sharp teeth, adorned in orange and black 'amoeba' shapes throughout body on left; large head in profile view with large mouth and large teeth in URC

%C2%A9 2019 Paul Lamantia

Details
Title
To Recapture My Mind
Artist Life
born 1938
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.124.1
Provenance
The artist, Chicago; Sheryl R. Johnson, Chicago (wife of the artist); given to MIA, 2018.
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busy, colorful layered image rendered in multicolored pigments; humanoid figure lying in supine position with a vertical thick black tree puncturing figure's eye in LRC; figure with branches protruding from head and arms, with gaping red mouth and sharp teeth, adorned in orange and black 'amoeba' shapes throughout body on left; large head in profile view with large mouth and large teeth in URC

© 2019 Paul Lamantia

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