You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours
Catalogue
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 91.4 × 66 cm (36 × 26 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Karl Wirsum
Artist
Drawing
Karl Wirsum was an American painter and printmaker known for his exuberant, cartoonish figuration and bold graphic surfaces. Working primarily in acrylic and ink from the 1960s onward, his compositions featured distorted human faces and bodies rendered in acid colors and thick outlines, rooted in Chicago's postwar artistic traditions. His work merged commercial graphic design sensibilities with fine art ambition, creating a visual language that anticipated aspects of later Pop and Figurative movements.
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Record
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- Karl Wirsum
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 91.4 × 66 cm (36 × 26 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1980-037866
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified