How do I tell Matplotlib to create a second (new) plot, then later plot on the old one?

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I want to plot data, then create a new figure and plot data2, and finally come back to the original plot and plot data3, kinda like this:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib as plt

x = arange(5)
y = np.exp(5)
plt.figure()
plt.plot(x, y)

z = np.sin(x)
plt.figure()
plt.plot(x, z)

w = np.cos(x)
plt.figure("""first figure""") # Here's the part I need
plt.plot(x, w)

FYI How do I tell matplotlib that I am done with a plot? does something similar, but not quite! It doesn’t let me get access to that original plot.

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