cover printed in red ink; muscle-bound man flexing with hands over head, wearing wrestling belt with "approved" on buckle; figure is spitting; bursts with text and title also in red; wraparound cover, 16 unnumbered pp. (8 folios), stapled at the side

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The Portable Hairy Who!, 1966

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These four illustrated booklets or “art zines” were published to accompany the Hairy Who’s first group exhibitions held between 1966 and 1968. Forerunners of the Chicago Imagist movement, the Hairy Who were figurative artists who drew inspiration from Surrealism, cartoons and comic books, advertising, and vernacular culture. Their eclectic and often provocative work featured distorted cartoon-like characters, irreverent subjects, silly puns and gags, sexual innuendo, satire, and social and political commentary. Styled after comic books, each of the booklets features artwork made especially for the publication by the six members of the group. Part memento, part art project, the publications were inexpensively printed and issued in unknown quantities. Each booklet sold for one dollar. Most have not survived.

Details
Title
The Portable Hairy Who!
Artist Life
born 1938
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.118.1
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago; (Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago); sold to MIA, 2017.
Catalogue Raisonne
Adrian/Born (The Chicago Imagist Print) 453; Nadel (Collected Hairy Who), pp. 2-24
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cover printed in red ink; muscle-bound man flexing with hands over head, wearing wrestling belt with "approved" on buckle; figure is spitting; bursts with text and title also in red; wraparound cover, 16 unnumbered pp. (8 folios), stapled at the side

© James Falconer, Arthur Green, Gladys Nilsson, Wallace Nutting, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum

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