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Wake Up Yer Scalp with Chicago
Karl Wirsum
Offset lithograph in black on white wove paper · 1970
Art Institute of Chicago

Showgirl on Vacation
Karl Wirsum
India and red ink, over graphite, on white wove paper · 1969
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled
Karl Wirsum
Graphite on ivory wove paper · 1969
Art Institute of Chicago

Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Karl Wirsum
Acrylic on canvas · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
Karl Wirsum
Blue ballpoint pen, with additions in brush and black ink and yellow colored pencil, on cream wove paper · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago

Cheek-Cargo's Own Eddie Foy
Karl Wirsum
Screenprint in red and black inks on yellow coated wove paper · 1967
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled Sketchbook Page (Purple Nostrils...)
Karl Wirsum
Blue ballpoint pen and color fiber-tipped pens (faded) on ivory wove paper (faded to cream), removed from spiral bound notebook · 1967
Art Institute of Chicago

Dog Mask II
Karl Wirsum
Acrylic on papier mâché · 1967
Art Institute of Chicago

Karl Wirsum: Dell Gallery
Karl Wirsum
Offset lithograph in black on white wove paper · 1967
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (sketch of a dog)
Karl Wirsum
Black ballpoint pen and ink on white wove paper · 1967
Art Institute of Chicago

King Champion
Karl Wirsum
Black and colored fiber-tipped pens and blue ball point pen, on white wove paper · 1966
Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Al Bum (See Saw)
Karl Wirsum
Acrylic on Plexiglass · 1966
Art Institute of Chicago

Lana Turner with Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft's Drug Store
Karl Wirsum
Acrylic on linen · 1964
Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Baseball Girl
Karl Wirsum
Pen and black ink and black and red felt-tipped pens on cream wove paper · 1964
Art Institute of Chicago

Youdue
Karl Wirsum
Black and colored fiber-tipped pens and colored crayons, with brush and black ink, on white wove paper · 1961
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled
Karl Wirsum
Color etching, aquatint, and photo-etching on cream wove paper · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago