The Portable Hairy Who! (Inscribed by Karl Wirsum).
Chicago: The Hyde Park Art Center, 1966. First Edition. Slim quarto. Comic book style catalogue published to accompany the first group exhibition of Hairy Who artists—i.e. Karl Wirsum, James Falconer, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, and Suellen Rocca. With each of the six artists producing original artwork for the publication. This copy remarkably INSCRIBED by Wirsum to lower margin of the final 2 pp. spread; dated three days before the end of the exhibition: "April 6-66 - To the Name Dropper - ZUDSVILLE Gator Land — DBJ a 'Hairy Who' for you —Karl Doc W. / ? arose 'Do you want my doodles of do you want my envelope?' It was my envelope originally to store other Hairy Who books in but...." Faint foxing to the covers, but interior remains fresh; near fine in side-stapled illustrated wrappers. Uncommon, with fewer than a dozen OCLC records located.
Item #27026
Price: $3,500.00