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Jim Nutt — your so coarse (tish tish)
Jim Nutt

your so coarse (tish tish)

A raw and irreverent etching by Jim Nutt, a leading figure of the Chicago Imagist movement, "your so coarse (tish tish)" showcases his signature graphic style marked by bold lines, distorted figures, and sardonic wit. The deliberately misspelled title reflects Nutt's playful subversion of language and social propriety, while the handmade paper lends the work an intimate, tactile quality. Printed in the third state, this etching offers a glimpse into the artist's evolving creative process and his embrace of the raw, the crude, and the defiantly lowbrow.

Medium
Etching, on handmade paper, with full margins, the third state.

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Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection

April 18, 2017

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Jim Nutt, your so coarse (tish tish)

A raw and irreverent etching by Jim Nutt, a leading figure of the Chicago Imagist movement, "your so coarse (tish tish)" showcases his signature graphic style marked by bold lines, distorted figures, and sardonic wit. The deliberately misspelled title reflects Nutt's playful subversion of language and social propriety, while the handmade paper lends the work an intimate, tactile quality. Printed in the third state, this etching offers a glimpse into the artist's evolving creative process and his embrace of the raw, the crude, and the defiantly lowbrow.

Medium
Etching, on handmade paper, with full margins, the third state.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Male Artist, Chicago Imagist, Etching, Printmaking, American Artist, Satirical Humor, Pop Art, Handmade Paper, Grotesque Figures, Figurative Art, Black and White

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