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Wall Mounted Sculpture Construction by George Cohen d. 1972
Located in Peabody, MA
Three dimensional construction of painted and mounted blocks by the Chicago Imagist George Marshall
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

American Folk Art House Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
, a whimsical homage to the Chicago Imagist style, evoking the spirit of visionaries like Roger Brown
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20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art House Sculpture
American Folk Art House Sculpture
H 12.5 in W 9.5 in D 5.5 in
Baby Clown - Antique Painted Photograph in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

St. Theresa #1 - Antique Painted Photograph in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Man in Green Shirt, " Acrylic on Ceramic
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

"Lady in a Striped Dress, " Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Ceramic

"Man with Cup, " Ceramic Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

"Lady in a Striped Dress" by Allan Winkler
By Allan Winkler
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Man in Green Shirt" by Allan Winkler
By Allan Winkler
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Man with Cup" by Allan Winkler
By Allan Winkler
Located in Chicago, IL
stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in the Chicago Imagists. This group of artists added
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Man with Cup" by Allan Winkler
"Man with Cup" by Allan Winkler
H 49 in W 15 in D 11.5 in
Surrealist Architectural Landscape "Fall for it" 1970s Chicago Modernist
By William Schwedler
Located in Surfside, FL
Jaffe, and Donald Gill. Franz Schulze (Chicago Imagist Art, 1972 ) has observed of Schwedler, "... his
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Irving Petlin Signed 1951 Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
By Irving Petlin
Located in Indianapolis, IN
the height of the Chicago Imagists movement. In 1960, Petlin received his MFA from Yale, studying
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Vintage 1950s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

BAD (silkscreen and lithograph print) by renowned Chicago artist expressiionist
By Ed Paschke
Located in New York, NY
associated in the late 1960s with the second generation of Chicago Imagists who called themselves The Hairy
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Felt Pen, Lithograph, Screen

Mother And Child - Repainted Antique Photo in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have strong influence in Marcos Raya's artwork. Most artists develop a
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint, Paper

Baby Needs Machine - Surreal Meets Tecno on a Surgical Table, Large Painting
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have strong influence in Marcos Raya's artwork. Most artists develop a
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

The Anguish of Being and the Nothingness of the Universe - Large Tondo Painting
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have strong influence in Marcos Raya's
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Mom - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mrs. Baxter - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Aunt - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Baby Joe - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Priest - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Baby Lu - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. Man - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Aunt - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Baby Girl Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. Baxter - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago Imagists have
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

The Wedding - Antique Painted Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media

Baby Lou - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Taylor Family
By Roy De Forest
Located in Hollywood, FL
Gladys Nilsson from the Chicago imagist group known as the Hairy Who, who were based in northern
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1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel, Glitter, Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Taylor Family
Taylor Family
H 29.5 in W 41 in D 1 in
Phantom - Red, Yellow, Black, Green, White, Blue, Magenta & Ochre - 10 Feet Tall
By Craig Kauffman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Californians, sometimes called the Cool School — along with Chicago Imagists and Washington, D.C., painters
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Large Archie Rand Abstract Expressionist Cartoon Oil Painting Dusseldorf
By Archie Rand
Located in Surfside, FL
Chicago and New York. She promoted the work of the Chicago Imagists, The Monster Roster and The Hairy Who
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Primary Abuse
By Jim Lutes
Located in Austin, TX
a welded steel floater. Provenance Dart Gallery, Chicago Private Collection, Cleveland Jim Lutes
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Untreated they can do great harm
By Paul Lamantia
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul LaMantia, who is often associated with the Imagists, has works in the permanent collections of
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1970s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Mojo Winds Blow" by Will Northerner 1987 Acrylic Mixed Media Abstract Modern
Located in Dayton, OH
. The Chicago Tribune. Apr. 13 1984: Lyon, Christopher. ArtNews Summer. ""Imagist In Vicinity"" 1984
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Vintage 1980s Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Voice in the Rice
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, New York, 1911, pp. 55-56). EXHIBITED: Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois, "An American Vision
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

One More Time (Black Devil) Outsider Art Painting, Drawing
By Peter Dean
Located in Surfside, FL
of Chicago, traveling to Frumkin Adams Gallery Sculpture. Katzen-Brown Gallery, New York, 1988
Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

1980's Figurative -- David Bowie, Iman and Friends
By Zoa Ace
Located in Soquel, CA
Fine Art Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA 1994 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, & Functional Art) Exhibit, Chicago
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper

Large Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Painting Chihung Yang Chinese Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Painting Exhibition, Part II: Eight Imagist Painters, Siegel Contemporary Art, NYC 1984 Salvo, Ruth
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City 1984 Invitational Painting Exhibition, Part II: Eight Imagist
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City 1984 Invitational Painting Exhibition, Part II: Eight Imagist
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City 1984 Invitational Painting Exhibition, Part II: Eight Imagist
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

William Schwedler, 1970s Chicago Imagist Drawing
By William Schwedler
Located in Treasure Island, CA
) emerged from the Chicago Imagist school in the late 1960s, having studied with Jim Nutt, Karl Wirsum and
Category

Vintage 1960s American Drawings

Gladys Nilsson, watercolor on paper, Chicago Imagist, Hairy Who
Located in Chicago, IL
emerged onto the national art scene with fellow Chicago Imagist and Hairy Who members. In 1969, the
Category

1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pete's Dilemma, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago Imagists. Energetic square composition in purple, blue, pink and black. Pete's Dilemma, 2014
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Marold and Haude, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in purple, blue, pink. Marold and Haude, 2014, watercolor, ink
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Wayne Gibbous, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Frederick's Reflex, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting
Located in Chicago, IL
brightly colored whimsical, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

Mandollar, Joe Tallarico, colorful energetic imagist watercolor
Located in Chicago, IL
brightly colored whimsical, cartoonish painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition
Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Scalp, Sure. Gal, Hurry! colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in orange, pink, blue, red. Tallarico, Scalp, Sure. Gal, Hurry
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Grape Wrap, Joe Tallarico, colorful cartoonish portrait imagist painting
Located in Chicago, IL
, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in blue, purple
Category

2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Jane Iggle, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting by Joe Tallarico
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in red
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Clem Clam, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting by Joe Tallarico
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical, cartoonish portrait of a man in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Bubble Beth, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting by Joe Tallarico
Located in Chicago, IL
colored whimsical, cartoonish portrait of a woman in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Glorp Creek, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting by Joe Tallarico
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Mint Cool Lip, colorful cartoonish imagist portrait painting by Joe Tallarico
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical, cartoonish portrait painting in the style of the Chicago Imagists. Energetic composition in pink
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Be-bops-aboobs-alot, reverse acrylic on plexiglass imagist painting and collage
Located in Chicago, IL
collage of a topless woman. Green frame, yellow background in the style of the Chicago Imagists
Category

1980s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Acrylic, Newsprint

Imagist Original Color Pencil Drawing, Henry's Over the Hump, 1980
By Karl Wirsum
Located in Chicago, IL
, brown background Framed size 35 x 23 in. figurative cartoonish drawing, Chicago Imagist Karl Wirsum (b
Category

1980s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Acrylic on plexi, reverse painting, Floating in the Vacuums of Space
Located in Chicago, IL
Imagists. Conceptualizing artwork that bridges the strong tradition of imagery in Chicago and his own
Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Acrylic

Cup
By Deyana Mielke
Located in Koloa, HI
significant ties to the Chicago Imagists. Paintings, sculptures and installations are both literal and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Cup
H 3.65 in W 5 in D 3 in
She
By Deyana Mielke
Located in Koloa, HI
significant ties to the Chicago Imagists. Paintings, sculptures and installations are both literal and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

She
H 2.75 in W 16 in D 12 in
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