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Most of Richard Hunt’s work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as, "the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial." At a young age, Hunt was intrigued by metalwork at the African collection of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Working in a zoological lab at the University of Chicago contributed to his fascination with animals and insects. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied welding and lithography. Although Hunt was mostly a successful large-scale public art sculptor he found great interest in color lithographs. In 1971, Richard Hunt became the first Black American to be accorded a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. You can see his style in wielding transitions in his lithographs. With this lithograph, we can see how Hunt was heavily influenced by animal and insect forms. There are natural curves and figures that present themselves in this piece. It is almost as if this print is alive.