Harry Who? 1966-1969 (Yale University Press)
(Exhibition catalog)
2018Nichols, Thea Liberty, Mark Pascale and Ann Goldstein (Editors)
256 pages (color)
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1939 Chicago, Illinois - 2021 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Drawing, funk figure-faces, "Hairy Who," imagist, sculpture, drawing.
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid,... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was announced by Derek Eller, his New York gallery. His family said the cause was cardiac arrest. With titles like Lana Turner With Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft’s and Some Underwear Over the Rainbow,”Mr. Wirsum’s art was suffused with a great deal of humor.... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was announced by Derek Eller, his New York gallery. His family said the cause was cardiac arrest. With titles like Lana Turner With Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft’s and Some Underwear Over the Rainbow,”Mr. Wirsum’s art was suffused with a great deal of humor. But the man himself was quiet and reserved, with tastes on the spartan side. Very health conscious, he... Read full biography
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Harry Who? 1966-1969 (Yale University Press)
2018The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesUnion League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)308 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesLandfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996Ruzicka, Joseph220 pages (color)Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995Fineberg, Jonathan496 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesSpirited Visions Portraits of Chicago Artists
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Carrol, Patty/James Yood96 pages (color)Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel172 pages (color)Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesMade In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Stich, Sidra280 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)American Art Now
1985Lucie-Smith, Edward160 pages (color)Twentieth Century Drawings Selections from the Whitney
1981Whitney Museum136 pagesAmerican Painting of the Sixties and Seventies
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Kahan, Mitchell Douglas88 pages (color)Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
1979
(Exhibition catalog)Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro)298 pages (color)Art of the Sixties
1978Adams, Hugh80 pages (color)Chicago, The City and Its Artists 1945-1978
1978
(Exhibition catalog)Kirkpatrick, D/Charles Lewis215 pagesContemporary Figurative Painting in the Midwest Invitational Exhibition at the Madison Art Center
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Wilfer, Joseph E. (Intro)52 pagesThe Chicago Connection West Coast '76
1976
(Exhibition catalog)McKillop, Susan/Roger Clisby87 pages (color)Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)Made in Chicago
1974
(Exhibition catalog)Halstead, Whitney79 pages (color)Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
1974
(Exhibition catalog)University of Illinois136 pagesFantastic Images Chicago Art since 1945
1972Schulze, Franz223 pages (color)Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Doty, Robert72 pages (color)