{"id":12,"date":"2025-01-30T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:52:19","slug":"experimentalist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/experimentalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimentalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A New Photograph of a Successful Weapon of War (1970)\" class=\"wp-image-47\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.65625;width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A New Photograph of a Successful Weapon of War (1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fichter has variously described himself as an imagemaker, expressionist, and experimentalist rather than identifying primarily with one artistic medium. He was part of a group of artists\u2014including Eileen Cowin, Darryl Curran, Betty Hahn, Robert Heinecken, and Todd Walker\u2014who in the late 1960s began to experiment with so-called alternative (non-commercial) photographic processes. His experience as a curator at the George Eastman Museum&nbsp; (1966\u201368) and as a professor at UCLA (1968\u201371) strengthened his understanding of historical techniques like the cyanotype (blueprint) and gum bichromate printing, a method that relies on the insolubility of gum arabic to produce painterly effects.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Negative Figure and Moonscape (1971)\" class=\"wp-image-49\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.791015625;width:244px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Negative Figure and Moonscape (1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fichter often combined mediums within a single work in order to convey a range of emotions. Using photographs that he made in camera as well as photograms and images appropriated from mass media, Fichter employed multiple exposures and sandwich printing to produce complex, collage-like compositions embellished with drawing, watercolor, and airbrushing. He also experimented with then new photomechanical printing techniques like Inko dye (a light sensitive dye), lacquer transfer, Verifax transfer, and Xerox printing. The layering of images in Fichter\u2019s work points to the ubiquity of photography, while offering a poetic intervention into a media saturated culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP004-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese Naturalist Print #3\u00a0(1969)\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP004-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP004-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP004.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chinese Naturalist Print #3&nbsp;(1969)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\u00a0(1969)\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P009.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Untitled&nbsp;(1969)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P008-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Anthropological Photo Documentation\u00a0(1970)\" class=\"wp-image-43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P008-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P008-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P008.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthropological Photo Documentation&nbsp;(1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P013-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P013-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P013-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P013.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"749\" height=\"946\" data-id=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P010.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\u00a0(ca. 1970)\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P010.jpg 749w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P010-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Untitled&nbsp;(ca. 1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A New Photograph of a Successful Weapon of War (1970)\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P012.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A New Photograph of a Successful Weapon of War (1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"46\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\u00a0(ca. 1970)\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P011.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Untitled&nbsp;(ca. 1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Okra\u00a0(ca. 1970s)\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P025.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Okra&nbsp;(ca. 1970s)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" data-id=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Bomb Sites\u00a0(1971)\" class=\"wp-image-111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005-1200x789.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP005.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florida Bomb Sites&nbsp;(1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Negative Figure and Moonscape (1971)\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P014.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Negative Figure and Moonscape (1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"859\" height=\"851\" data-id=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020.jpg\" alt=\"Lady With Gators\u00a0(1973)\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020.jpg 859w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P020-768x761.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lady With Gators&nbsp;(1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"864\" data-id=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017-1024x864.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Info #2\u00a0(1973)\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P017.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Info #2&nbsp;(1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"869\" data-id=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018-1024x869.jpg\" alt=\"Western Landscape\u00a0(1973)\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P018.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Western Landscape&nbsp;(1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"865\" height=\"856\" data-id=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P019.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Sky Invention\u00a0(1973)\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P019.jpg 865w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P019-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P019-768x760.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pink Sky Invention&nbsp;(1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\u00a0(1974)\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP006.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Untitled&nbsp;(1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"723\" height=\"943\" data-id=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP011.jpg\" alt=\"Collard Liftoff\u00a0(1979)\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP011.jpg 723w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-WP011-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Collard Liftoff&nbsp;(1979)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"Double Figuration\u00a0(1976)\" class=\"wp-image-61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P026.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Double Figuration&nbsp;(1976)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" data-id=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P024-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Totem Head\u00a0(1975)\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P024-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/fichter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Coll132-P024-300x189.jpg 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