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Jim Nutt — Wishpered!
Jim Nutt

Wishpered!

A masterwork of Jim Nutt's signature Chicago Imagist style, *Wishpered!* is an etching on wove paper that showcases his precise, incisive line work and darkly comic sensibility. The full margins frame a composition likely populated by Nutt's characteristically distorted, grotesque figures rendered with meticulous detail and wit. The print reflects Nutt's deep engagement with the etching medium as a vehicle for his idiosyncratic, psychologically charged visual language.

Medium
Etching, on wove paper, with full margins.
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Literature: Dennis Adrian and Richard A. Born 190

🔨 Auction Lot

Editions & Works on Paper: Online Auction

February 2, 2026

Estimate: $1,500$2,500

Sold: $1,935

Lot 285

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Jim Nutt, Wishpered!

A masterwork of Jim Nutt's signature Chicago Imagist style, *Wishpered!* is an etching on wove paper that showcases his precise, incisive line work and darkly comic sensibility. The full margins frame a composition likely populated by Nutt's characteristically distorted, grotesque figures rendered with meticulous detail and wit. The print reflects Nutt's deep engagement with the etching medium as a vehicle for his idiosyncratic, psychologically charged visual language.

Medium
Etching, on wove paper, with full margins.
Dimensions
13 x 9.8 cm
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Twentieth Century, Outsider Influence, Male Artist, Narrative Art, Chicago Imagist, Etching, American Artist, Figurative Art, Works on Paper, Black and White

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