
Karl Wirsum, First Portrait of the Brand New Star, from Screen Prints 1970
Karl Wirsum
1939-
American
Date
1970
Medium Specific
Color screenprint on off-white wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Accession Number
2004.45.20.62
Biography
Karl Wirsum (born 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist. A member of the notorious Chicago artistic group The Hairy Who, he helped set the foundation for Chicago's art scene in the 1970s. Wirsum is primarily a painter, though he has worked with prints, sculpture and even digital art. He received a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961.
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