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No Place Like Home
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

ZigZag
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

ZigZag
H 9 in W 6 in
Vertigo
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Vertigo
H 10 in W 6 in
Trust
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Trust
H 6 in W 9 in
Romantic Robot
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Romantic Robot
H 10 in W 8 in
Still Life
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Still Life
H 11 in W 9 in
Jaguar vs. Cat Gang
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Don't Worry
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Don't Worry
H 10 in W 10 in
Puss n' Boots
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Puss n' Boots
H 12 in W 9 in
Conversation Piece
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

The Future Mrs. Ken
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

I Wake Up Sneering
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

California Girl (Marilyn)
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Fox with Grapes
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Most Unusual
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Most Unusual
H 12 in W 16 in
Not in Kansas
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
Art. In the 1970s, Ace discovered Chicago’s Hairy Who artists represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Not in Kansas
H 12 in W 16 in
Katie DeGroot "Untitled (Burnt Orange)" Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
the Chicago artists collective The Hairy Who), and abstraction along with pursuing the pure physical
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Surrealist Architectural Landscape "Fall for it" 1970s Chicago Modernist
By William Schwedler
Located in Surfside, FL
particularly with those contemporaries and friends who formed the Hairy Who in the Mid - 1960's Schwedler's
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Eric Fischl, , Two Girls Dancing
By Eric Fischl
Located in New York, NY
. It was in Chicago that Fischl was exposed to the non-mainstream art of the Hairy Who. “The underbelly
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hairy Woodpecker - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Hairy Woodpecker is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon
Category

1870s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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

An Original 1825 Illustration of the Large Hairy Armadillo by G.B. Whittaker
Located in Langweer, NL
An original hand-coloured engraving of "The Hairy Armadillo or Fourth Tatou of d'Azara." This is a
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

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
Category

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
Katie DeGroot "Resplendent" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "The Brush Off I" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "The Brush Off II" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "The Brush off III" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "Strike A Pose, Vogue House of Trees" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "Lean Left" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "Lean In II" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Katie DeGroot "Lean Right" Watercolor on Paper
By Katie DeGroot
Located in New York, NY
of my favorite painters, a member of the Hairy Who from Chicago. In the painting which is a small
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Mojo Winds Blow" by Will Northerner 1987 Acrylic Mixed Media Abstract Modern
Located in Dayton, OH
"" 1984: Lyon, Christopher. Chicago Magazine, May. ""From The Monster Roster to the Hairy Who to the Neo
Category

Vintage 1980s Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Acrylic

Color Lithograph Linocut Chine Collé "Workshop" Bright Modernist Pop Art
By Tom Burckhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
Guston and the Surrealism of the Hairy Who painters, Jim Nutt and Karl Wirsum. One can also detect
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Interior Prints

Materials

Linocut, Lithograph

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
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Heavy Patinated Bronze Sculpture Of A “Paso Fino” Horse
Located in Guaynabo, PR
fine step. These horses have a unique and natural smooth gait since birth. It depicts a large hairy
Category

20th Century American Renaissance Revival Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Shaker Blue
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
. The small elements can be seen as tiny spiraling Tibetan wheels of life, hairy rosettes. groovy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century Irish George III Style Triple Chair Back Settee by Butler of Dublin
By Butler's of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
front cabriole legs, terminating in hairy lion paw feet. Circa 1890 Irish Artists Biography
Category

Antique 19th Century Irish George III Settees

Materials

Mahogany

Wheel (Halo)
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
of life, hairy rosettes. groovy references to 60’s psychedelia, or as described in the Village Voice
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wheel (Corona)
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
of life, hairy rosettes. groovy references to 60’s psychedelia, or as described in the Village Voice
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wheel (Nimbus)
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
of life, hairy rosettes. groovy references to 60’s psychedelia, or as described in the Village Voice
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Night Visitor
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
. The small elements can be seen as tiny spiraling Tibetan wheels of life, hairy rosettes. groovy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ceramic Mythical Beast Wall Plaque by Jim Meredith Studios, Late 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
century. The plaque, imitating ancient carved stone, features a wild depiction of a fantastic hairy
Category

Vintage 1980s American Archaistic Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Falling (1115)
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
. The small elements can be seen as tiny spiraling Tibetan wheels of life, hairy rosettes. groovy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maria Sibylla Merian - J. Mulder - Citron and longhorn beetle Nr. 28
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
is striking is the caterpillar, which produces fleshy, hairy cones from its body segments. If you
Category

Antique 18th Century Dutch Other Prints

Materials

Paper

Maria Sibylla Merian - P. Sluyter - Bat apple and praying mantis Nr. 27
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
. For visual reasons, Maria Sibylla suppressed the dense hairiness of all parts of the plant. Here, too
Category

Antique 18th Century Dutch Other Prints

Materials

Paper

Anatomical Model of Gorilla by Dr. Louis Auzoux Plus Unique Handwritten Booklet
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Haarlem, NL
Hanno the Navigator recorded coming across ‘women with hairy bodies, whom our interpreters called
Category

Antique 1860s French Models and Miniatures

Materials

Paper

17th century Flemish Old master - Silenus feasting - Wine God
Located in Antwerp, BE
the original; the legs of Silenus are smoother and less hairy, more humanoid than satyresque. There
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Art Deco Sculpture Signed Carlier
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in NANTES, FR
monumental fountain project for the city of Reims. After the war, he made bronzes of hairy people, copies of
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Spelter

Art Deco Sculpture Signed Carlier
Art Deco Sculpture Signed Carlier
H 27.96 in W 6.11 in D 4.14 in
The War Memorial in Blagny France 1926, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
Century, early 20th Century French infantryman, meaning, literally, hairy one. It is still widely used as
Category

1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Out the Gate
By Larry Hill Art
Located in Fresno, CA
dusty neck, when a huge hairy-knuckled hand beats me to it. Really it’s a tie, but I give in. “All
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Out the Gate
Out the Gate
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Andy Warhol's Index Book
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
, hairy-chested photographer, attached with black string to a circular sticker attached to a page; a 7
Category

1960s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Andy Warhol's Index Book
Andy Warhol's Index Book
H 11.25 in W 8.75 in D 0.5 in
Roundism – 04-02-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
under arm for example. Such things are like artistic gems waiting to be plucked by me. Hairy Business
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE III HAND CARVED CIRCA 1780 ANTIQUE LIONS PAW ARMCHAIRs
Located in GB
George III circa 1780-1800 hand carved library armchairs with ornate Lions Hairy Paw feet covered in
Category

Antique 1780s English George III Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Tsonoqua/Dzunkukwa "Wild Woman of the Woods" Totem
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ba’oosh, the Haida Gagiit, the Athabaskan Hairy Man (or Woman), and the Tlingit Tl’anaxéedáakw. She is
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Pair of Consulat Ebony-Inlaid Birchwood Armchairs Stamped Jacob Frères
By Jacob Freres Rue Meslée
Located in Kittery Point, ME
on an upholstered seat, on front carved joined hairy animal legs (pieds de bîches) and hoof feet and
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Armchairs

Nude Drawing, Male & FemaIe bodies, Ink on Paper, Black & White "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
of doodles, scrawls and hatching, often in hairy lines, along with figurative elements. Sunil Das
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Carved Angel Skin Coral Smiling Buddha Face Gold Ring with Emerald Third Eye
Located in Miami Beach, FL
and Buddha heads in which a small hairy dot appears between the eyes of the figure. This particular
Category

Mid-20th Century More Rings

Materials

Coral, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold

PAIR OF RALPH LAUREN BROOK STREET GUERIDON ROUND CENTRE TABLEs
By Ralph Lauren
Located in GB
pieces, each one has three heavily carved Lions hairy paw feet, they are made from American mahogany
Category

20th Century American American Classical Center Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Sir Anderson Army General Georgian Irish 1810 Hardwood Wine Cooler Cellarette
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
castors are in place so is easy to move around, the feet very ornate Lion hairy paw, on its own this is a
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Blanket Chests

Materials

Hardwood

Aranea diadima a study by Walter Spies, an artist living in Indonesia in the 30s
Located in PARIS, FR
, perched on its long hairy legs. The details of the spider's body are rendered in meticulous and rich
Category

1920s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate hairy who for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Surrealist versions now, or shop for Surrealist creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect hairy who may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a hairy who to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, gray, beige, blue and more. There have been many interesting hairy who examples over the years, but those made by Zoa Ace, Katie DeGroot, Barbara Takenaga, Karl Wirsum and Ryan Travis Christian are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in mixed media, paint and paper, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Hairy Who?

The price for a hairy who in our collection starts at $55 and tops out at $117,117 with the average selling for $3,000.