Wake Up Yer Scalp with Chicago!

1970

Karl Wirsum

Associated Names
Karl Wirsum

Artist, American, 1939 - 2021

The image displays a mix of shapes and lines in a disorganized and layered arrangement. The top features the word "CHICAGO" in bold, blocky lettering, surrounded by scattered text and graphics. Various elements like a flexing human figure, patterns, and textures are present, along with objects like an apple, glasses, and facial features.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ink with graphite on spiral-bound wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.115.49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 2013; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Karl Wirsum

Wikidata ID

Q64591914

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