An undated drawing (early 1900s) by Louis Umgelter, scanned from the book La Beautee Insensee on the Prinzhorn Collection at University of Heidelberg, published by Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Charleroi, 1995. Hans Prinzhorn was a German psychiatrist and art historian, and an assistant at the Psychiatric Institute at the clinic of University of Heidelberg where he collected art by mentally ill patients.
An undated drawing by Hermann Beehle, scanned from the book La Beautee Insensee on the Prinzhorn Collection at University of Heidelberg, published by Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Charleroi, 1995. Hans Prinzhorn was a German psychiatrist and art historian, and an assistant at the Psychiatric Institute at the clinic of University of Heidelberg where he collected art by mentally ill patients.
Purgative Pamphlet #5, by the Montreal-based artist Nat Halford. Picked up last weekend at the excellent Chicago ‘Zine Fest.
A dispatch from my youth: I believe I was eight years old when I made this book of monsters. Here is the back cover. More photos.
A dispatch from my youth: I believe I was eight years old when I made this book of monsters. Here is the four-headed monster. More photos.
A dispatch from my youth: I believe I was eight years old when I made this book of monsters. Here is the tall monster. More photos.
A dispatch from my youth: I believe I was eight years old when I made this book. Here is the terrifying eye monster. More photos.
A dispatch from my youth: I believe I was eight years old when I made this book of monster drawings. More photos.
The center spread of a new publication from Public Collectors: Fashion Illustrations by D. ‘Jame
Featuring eleven color illustrations. These drawings by a fashion illustrator or designer named D. ‘Jame come from the collection of Michael Thomas, an artist based in Chicago. Thomas found the drawings at a thrift store in Chicago, located on Broadway Avenue near Devon. He writes: “They were priced at $5 per drawing. I could only afford one and was unable to decide. The owner of the store said he was tired of having them around and I could buy them all for $20. There are thirty-three drawings. He said there had been more, but they had been sold.” The drawings are dated from 1970-77. No other information about D. ‘Jame is known.
This booklet is free at the exhibit Archival Impulse where all of Michael’s drawings by D. ‘Jame are on view. Otherwise copies of this and other Public Collectors booklets can be purchased through Half Letter Press.
New on Flickr and soon to be exhibited in Chicago:
Fashion illustrations from the 1970s by D. ‘Jame
These drawings come from the collection of Michael Thomas, an artist based in Chicago. Thomas found the drawings at a thrift store in Chicago, located on Broadway Avenue near Devon. There are thirty-four drawings dated from 1970-77. No other information about D. ‘Jame is known.
These drawings will be presented, in Chicago, along with other collections by Public Collectors participants, in the exhibition Archival Impulse at Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago (400 S. Peoria). The show runs from November 4 - December 17, 2011. A free booklet on D. ‘Jame’s drawings will be available at the exhibition.
New on Flickr and soon to be exhibited in Chicago:
Fashion illustrations from the 1970s by D. ‘Jame
These drawings come from the collection of Michael Thomas, an artist based in Chicago. Thomas found the drawings at a thrift store in Chicago, located on Broadway Avenue near Devon. There are thirty-four drawings dated from 1970-77. No other information about D. ‘Jame is known.
These drawings will be presented, in Chicago, along with other collections by Public Collectors participants, in the exhibition Archival Impulse at Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago (400 S. Peoria). The show runs from November 4 - December 17, 2011. A free booklet on D. ‘Jame’s drawings will be available at the exhibition.
