Artworks · Karl Wirsum

Untitled

1990 · Colored crayon with graphite and collaged crayon and graphite elements on white wove paper

Sight: 58.7 × 44.4 cm (23 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Back Teria One Oh! One

1981 · Acrylic on canvas

87.6 × 59.7 cm (34 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)

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Green-Eared Zombunny

1980 · Colored pencils and colored crayons on black wove paper

89.1 × 58.6 cm (35 1/8 × 23 1/8 in.)

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You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours

1980 · Acrylic on canvas

91.4 × 66 cm (36 × 26 in.)

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Apple-Polished Zombunny

1980 · Colored pencils and colored crayons on black wove paper

89.1 × 58.6 cm (35 1/8 × 23 1/8 in.)

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Hare Toddy Kong Tamari

1980 · Color offset lithograph on white wove paper

Sheet: 61 × 45.7 cm (24 1/16 × 18 in.)

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Macy's Jet Set

1978 · Oil on canvas

68.6 × 81.3 cm (27 × 32 in.)

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Draw Dick Tracy The Hard Way

1978 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

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Draw Dick Tracy The Hard Way

1978 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Draw Dick Tracy The Hard Way

1978 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Draw Dick Tracy The Hard Way

1978 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

We Got Nuthun to Hyde! Unique Art Auction at 8/Special Fund Razor

1974 · Screenprint in red on acetate, stapled to offset lithograph in black on white wove paper

34.3 × 25.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Whats the Coinfusion I Can’t Make Heads or Tails of It? Sum One Flipped! Now That Makes Cents

1974 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 76.9 × 56.4 cm (30 5/16 × 22 1/4 in.); Sheet: 89 × 58.5 cm (35 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

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Epauleptic Fit

1974 · Acrylic on acetate

91.5 × 63.5 cm (36 × 25 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Korner Kite: Birdman

1974 · Felt-tip pen on rice paper, and bamboo

29 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 1/4" (74.9 × 60.3 × 0.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Santi-Cloth

1972 · Offset lithograph in black on white wove paper

Sheet: 56 × 43.2 cm (22 1/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Harry Kari Arms Exchange

1971 · Brush and pen and black ink, colored crayons, blue and black ballpoint pens, and graphite on ivory wove paper

45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24 1/16 in.)

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Dr. Chicago

1971 · Color offset lithograph on off-white wove paper

Sheet: 62.1 × 47.2 cm (24 1/2 × 18 5/8 in.)

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Surplus Slop From the Windy City

1970 · Color offset lithograph, commerically printed on yellow wove paper

58.3 × 46.8 cm (23 × 18 7/16 in.)

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First Portrait of the Brand New Star, from Screen Prints 1970

1970 · Color screenprint on off-white wove paper

38.1 × 38.1 cm (15 × 15 in.)

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Ho Boy! Oh Boy!

1970 · Blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper

43.3 × 35.6 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Untitled (Study for Detail of Poster for 1970 St. Xavier College Solo Exhibition)

1970 · Blue ballpoint pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper

43.3 × 35.6 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Worse Sum Show

1970 · Offset lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

Sheet: 56.2 × 42.5 cm (22 3/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

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Surplus Slop From the Windy City

1970 · Offset lithograph in black on yellow wove paper

Sheet: 58.3 × 46.8 cm (23 × 18 7/16 in.)

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Wake Up Yer Scalp with Chicago

1970 · Offset lithograph in black on white wove paper

Sheet: 28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Showgirl on Vacation

1969 · India and red ink, over graphite, on white wove paper

91.6 × 61.1 cm (36 1/8 × 24 1/16 in.)

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Untitled

1969 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

43.3 × 35.6 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

1968 · Acrylic on canvas

121.9 × 91.4 cm (48 × 36 in.)

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Untitled (Study for Screamin' Jay Hawkins)

1968 · Blue ballpoint pen, with additions in brush and black ink and yellow colored pencil, on cream wove paper

43.3 × 35.6 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Cheek-Cargo's Own Eddie Foy

1967 · Screenprint in red and black inks on yellow coated wove paper

Image/plate: 26.5 × 21 cm (10 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35 × 28 cm (13 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Untitled Sketchbook Page (Purple Nostrils...)

1967 · Blue ballpoint pen and color fiber-tipped pens (faded) on ivory wove paper (faded to cream), removed from spiral bound notebook

35.3 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

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Dog Mask II

1967 · Acrylic on papier mâché

18.7 × 20.3 × 15.9 cm (7 3/8 × 8 × 6 1/4 in.)

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Karl Wirsum: Dell Gallery

1967 · Offset lithograph in black on white wove paper

Sheet: 68.5 × 44.1 cm (27 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Untitled (sketch of a dog)

1967 · Black ballpoint pen and ink on white wove paper

35.6 × 27.4 cm (14 × 10 3/4 in.)

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King Champion

1966 · Black and colored fiber-tipped pens and blue ball point pen, on white wove paper

35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Portrait of Al Bum (See Saw)

1966 · Acrylic on Plexiglass

Framed: 58.5 × 53.4 cm (23 × 21 in.)

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Untitled (Sketchbook)

1966 · Spiral-bound sketchbook with ballpoint pen, colored pencil, pencil, marker, and cut-and-pasted printed paper

book, closed: 13 15/16 × 11 5/16 × 13/16" (35.4 × 28.8 × 2 cm); sheet (each): 13 7/8 × 10 13/16" (35.3 × 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lana Turner with Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft's Drug Store

1964 · Acrylic on linen

91.5 × 53.4 cm (36 × 21 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Baseball Girl

1964 · Pen and black ink and black and red felt-tipped pens on cream wove paper

35.1 × 27.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

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Youdue

1961 · Black and colored fiber-tipped pens and colored crayons, with brush and black ink, on white wove paper

35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Untitled

1959 · Color etching, aquatint, and photo-etching on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 30.7 × 38 cm (12 1/8 × 15 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 43 cm (14 3/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

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