Items Similar to Barber Paints Man
s Bald Head - "The Usual, Sir? Yes, Please."
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13
Gahan WilsonBarber Paints Man
s Bald Head - "The Usual, Sir? Yes, Please."1982
1982
$8,000
£6,103.80
€6,948.70
CA$11,244.09
A$12,359.99
CHF 6,488.94
MX$146,969.20
NOK 83,332.70
SEK 75,907.09
DKK 51,917.92
About the Item
Gahan Wilson was a Conceptual Artist before he was a Cartoonist. Before laying pen to paper, Wilson had to conceive a big idea. It was his idea, not the actual drawing, that was the basis of his art. The drawing, although masterfully done, was just a vehicle for the idea.
To include Cartoonists in the "Conceptual Art" club challenges traditional assumptions about Art History and who's in the canon and who is not. The ranks of artists like Marcel Duchamp, Sol LeWitt, John Baldessari, Joseph Kosuth, Yoko Ono, Vito Acconci, and On Kawara should be widened to include Cartoonists like Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams.
In this belly-laugh pen-and-ink, he offers a unique solution to baldness, as he depicts the barber who becomes a painter. The customer seems to be very happy.
Signed lower left. Production and printer's marks in the margin
Paper size is 9 x 12. Reproduced in Playboy. Playboy stamps in margin" Copyright ©Playboy Publications. Collectors are allowed to own the original physical art, but can not reproduce the art for "commercial" purposes, but you can for artistic purposes. "
Published: Playboy Magazine, Playboy, December 1982
- Creator:Gahan Wilson (1930 - 2019, American)
- Creation Year:1982
- Dimensions:Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 7 in (17.78 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement Style:
- Period:
- Condition:some yellowing to the paper.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385317360992
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Professional Seller
Every seller passes strict standards for authenticity and reliability
Established in 2005
1stDibs seller since 2016
120 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: Miami, FL
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllThe Worlds Most Miserable Man Gets Bad News
Located in Miami, FL
The world’s most miserable man is served up bad news. Depressed and down on his luck, he receives news of only a brief respite to crawl out of his inky black abyss of misery. The ca...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
How About a Little More Coffee, New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Interpretation 1: An utterly exhausted man collapses face-first into a diner's countertop. His face and the countertop become one. Seemingly oblivious to the acute nature of the man's condition, the night server gleefully offers him coffee instead of more appropriate help. Interpretation 2: The night server/psycho killer pours unsuspecting customer poisoned coffee and then taunts his lifeless body in a victorious tone. Like Charles Addams...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Macabre Cartoon Children
s Toys Attack Father - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
A child looks on with glee as his "Muscular Heroes of the Cosmos" Toys transform from inanimate objects to real, actionable beings and beat up his father. Signed upper right, Gahan...
Category
1980s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Man Becomes His Work - Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
This is one of many cartoons by Gahan Wilson where the subject morphs into the identity of his work. "Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon from 1960...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Man with Big Smile - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
If a smile is an expression of momentary happiness, then the female in this cartoon appears driven to turn a moment into a more extended period of time. Leave it to Gahan Wilson to ...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Gahan Wilson Cocktail Party Surprise - Conceptual Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was a Conceptual Artist before he was a Cartoonist. Before laying pen to paper, Wilson had to conceive a big idea. It was his idea, not the actual drawing, that was the...
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
You May Also Like
Boss getting a hair cut
Located in Zofingen, AG
Welcome to my world of Monkeys and Lions smoking cigars, the Egg family, my Lovers Jazz Conspirators and Ladies in Red.
Someone once said of my work. 'I often wonder why people worl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960
s French Portrait Back Of Bald Man
s Head Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.25 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Paul Brown The Company Barber Pencil Drawing
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 12"H x 7 3/4"W
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bald Men - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Bald Men is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) wa...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Hairdresser — vintage drawing, original
Superman
artist
By Leonard Nowak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'Hairdresser', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove draw...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, India Ink
The Barber - Etching and Drypoint - 1930s
By Mariette Lydis
Located in Roma, IT
The Barber is an original etching, realized by Mariette Lydis.
In very good conditions. Image dimensions: 17 x 14 cm.
Not signed.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
