Karl Wirsum

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  • Karl Wirsum
    Geezer Gazing Geyser
    2018
    acrylic on cut panel
    40 x 18 inches (Geyser), 41 x 32 inches (Geezer)

  • Karl Wirsum
    Armageddon
    2018
    acrylic on cut panel
    18 x 38 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Steam Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    2018
    acrylic on cut panel
    44 x 24 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Smoke Gets in Your Lies
    2018
    acrylic on panel
    40 x 30 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Give a Hand for Applause Claws
    2018
    acrylic on panel
    40 x 27 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Points De Leon on the Point of a Boulder Discovers a Way to Never Get Older
    2018
    acrylic on cut panel
    22 3/4 x 12 inches (small figure), 40 x 29 inches (cliff)

  • Karl Wirsum
    Blue Nightingale
    2014
    acrylic on panel
    30 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Sigh Clip Pity Clops
    2014
    acrylic on panel
    35 1/2 x 26 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    No Dogs Aloud
    1965
    acrylic on plexiglas
    23 3/4 x 18 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    March 31, 1965
    ball-point pen and colored pencil on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    March 31, 1965
    ball-point pen and colored pencil on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    April 20, 1965
    graphite and colored pencil on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    April 20, 1965
    graphite and colored pencil on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1964
    colored pencil on paper
    13 x 10 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1965
    graphite, colored pencil and ball-point pen on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1964
    colored pencil on paper
    13 x 10 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    August 24, 1965
    ball-point pen and colored pencil on paper
    14 x 11 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Count Fasco’s Mouse Piece Whitey Jr. #2
    1983
    acrylic on canvas
    30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled (Study for the painting Sputter in the Niche of Time, 2009)
    2009
    colored pencil on paper
    24 x 17 7/8 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled (Study for the painting Throw a Wait Line Proof of Purse Chase, 2007)
    2007
    colored pencil on paper
    24 x 18 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled (Study for the painting Craned Mutiny at the Cantilever Cannery, 2004)
    2004
    colored pencil on paper
    29 7/8 x 22 1/4 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    n.d.
    colored pencil and pencil on paper
    23 3/8 x 18 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    c. 1982
    colored pencil on orange paper
    35 x 23 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    c. 1982
    colored pencil on orange paper
    35 x 23 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled I (Bunnies)
    c. early 1980's
    colored pencil on paper
    35 x 23 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled II (Bunnies)
    c. early 1980's
    colored pencil on paper
    35 x 23 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Park Alot
    1975
    acrylic on board
    20 x 32 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1974
    wax pencil, graphite, and marker on notebook paper
    13 1/2 x 17 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1974
    pen and ink on notebook paper
    17 x 13 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1973
    ball point pen, wax pencil, and ink on notebook paper
    17 x 13 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1970s
    acrylic and aluminum foil on paper board with grommets
    31 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1969
    ball point pen on notebook paper
    13 1/2 x 17 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1969
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 13 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Gesundheit - Cure for the Common Cold -Strawberry Root Systemsf 1969
    acrylic and glitter on canvas with painted frame
    26 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    c.1968
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1968
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1968
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1968
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    1968
    ball point pen, colored pencil, and printed paper collage on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled
    c.1968
    ball point pen and colored pencil on notebook paper
    17 x 14 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Boxer
    1968
    acrylic on papier-mâché
    13 1/2 H x 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Untitled (Dionne Warwick)
    1966
    pen and marker on paper
    13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches

  • Karl Wirsum
    Cough
    c.1962-63
    oil on canvas
    20 x 20 inches

BIO

 

b.1939, Chicago, IL

Lives and works in Chicago.