Artworks · William Steig

Untitled (Cop Ink Blot)

1960 · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on ivory wove paper

18.9 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1957 · Pen and black ink on white wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper

6.9 × 4.2 cm (2 3/4 × 1 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

But, Officer, I'm Only Dreaming

1952 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with traces of incising and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

28 × 24.4 cm (11 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yackety, yackety, yackety!

1952 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with gouache corrections, on ivory wove paper, with partially erased crop lines in graphite

23.4 × 27.9 cm (9 1/4 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago