Artworks · Frank Boyden

Uncle Skulky is Accosted by a Few of His Demons, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Hand-colored drypoint and color spitbite from two copper plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 22.4 × 17.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Transcendence of Uncle Skulky, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color spitbite and drypoint from three copper plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 17.8 × 12.5 cm (7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Resplendent Uncle Skulky Leers from Behind His Curtain of Stars as His Dolled Up and Pompous Detraitors, Like Fetid Bits of Odium, Gather to Mock Him, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Hand-colored drypoint, aquatint, and spitbite from three copper plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 19.7 × 18.3 cm (7 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Once Again Uncle Skulky Loses His Head in the Dark, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Drypoint and aquatint from two copper plates in black and gray on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 15 × 17.5 cm (5 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uncle Skulky is Overcome as He Leers at an Exquisite Exhibition by an Old Friend, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color drypoint and spitbite, with hand-coloring and graphite, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 12.4 × 17.7 cm (4 15/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

That Pompous, Arrogant, Copy Cat Uncle Skulky Sells Out Another Exhibition, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color spitbite and drypoint from two copper plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 12.4 × 17.4 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uncle Skulky Holds the Human Heart, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Drypoint and aquatint, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 17.7 × 12.2 cm (7 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uncle Skulky Examines Some Fluff, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color drypoint, with plate tone, from one copper plate, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 11.1 × 12.3 cm (4 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Transfiguration of Uncle Skulky, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color spitbite and drypoint from two copper plates, with hand-coloring and touches of graphite, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 17.7 × 12.3 cm (7 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Possession of Uncle Skulky, from The Irreverences, Provocations & Connivances of Uncle Skulky

2003 · Color drypoint and aquatint from two copper plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 20.1 × 18.6 cm (7 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 28.5 cm (13 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago