Epauleptic Fit

Contemporary Art

1974

Karl Wirsum
American, 1939-2021

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Karl Wirsum
Title: Epauleptic Fit
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1974
Medium: Acrylic on acetate
Dimensions: 91.5 × 63.5 cm (36 × 25 in.)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Richard Rosenzweig and Judy Henning
Reference Number: Obj: 275661
Copyright: © 1974 Estate of Karl Wirsum

Daniel Grant, “What Really Happens to an Artist’s Market After They Die,” Observer, Aug. 6, 2025, Online, https://observer.com/2025/08/what-happens-to-an-artists-market-after-they-die/

São Paulo, Brazil, XII Bienal de São Paulo, Oct. 5 – Dec. 2, 1973, not in cat; Bogotá, Colombia, Museo de Arte Moderno, as Made in Chicago, Jan. 15–Feb. 21, 1974; Santiago, Chile, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mar. 25–Apr. 29, 1974; Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, May 27–July 1, 1974; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Jul. 29–Sept. 9, 1974;. Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Made in Chicago, Oct. 31–Nov. 29, 1974, not in cat.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Jan. 11–Mar. 2, 1975 (Chicago only).

The artist; sold through Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, to Richard Rosenzweig and Judy Henning, Chicago, later Beverly Hills, June 4, 1974 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 2024.

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