Untitled (Tears)

Jim NuttWW-1964-037916

1964·Blue ballpoint pen and acrylic on off-white wove paper, tipped to green wove paper, tipped onto textured aluminum foil, wrapped around off-white card·Primary support: 20.1 × 15.7 cm (7 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 21.3 × 16.8 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Tertiary support: 42.8 × 31.2 cm (16 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

<p>During his time at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Nutt and his wife, Gladys Nilsson, developed close friendships with instructors Ray Yoshida and Whitney Halstead. The latter hired Nutt to work as the projection assistant for his art history classes, an experience that exposed him to a wide range of visual influences. This drawing is an early example of Nutt’s work and foreshadows the radical figural invention for which he is best known.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1964
Medium: Blue ballpoint pen and acrylic on off-white wove paper, tipped to green wove paper, tipped onto textured aluminum foil, wrapped around off-white card
Dimensions: Primary support: 20.1 × 15.7 cm (7 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 21.3 × 16.8 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Tertiary support: 42.8 × 31.2 cm (16 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jim Nutt

Artist

Jim Nutt

Painting

James T. Nutt is an American artist who was a founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists, or the Hairy Who. Though his work is inspired by the same pop culture that inspired Pop Art, journalist Web Behrens says Nutt's "paintings, particularly his later works, are more accomplished than those of the more celebrated Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein." According to Museum of Contemporary Art curator Lynne Warren, Nutt is "the premier artist of his generation". Nutt attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. He is married to fellow-artist and Hairy Who member Gladys Nilsson.

Pittsfield, MA, USA

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