Karl Wirsum

Untitled
1968

A hand-drawn sketch on lined paper featuring a large, detailed creature resembling Godzilla in the center, surrounded by dashed red lines and the word "DETACH" in bold letters. To the right, there's a partial sketch of a person's face with a similar dashed line around it. Handwritten text and numbers are visible at the bottom and top of the page.

A hand-drawn sketch on lined paper featuring a large, detailed creature resembling Godzilla in the center, surrounded by dashed red lines and the word "DETACH" in bold letters. To the right, there's a partial sketch of a person's face with a similar dashed line around it. Handwritten text and numbers are visible at the bottom and top of the page.

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Date
1968

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 1/16 × 17in. (35.7 × 43.2 cm)

Accession number
2010.168

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Karl Wirsum

API
artworks/38408

Exhibitions

Sinister Pop

Nov 15, 2012–Mar 31, 2013

Karl Wirsum
10 works in the collection

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