Works by the Chicago Imagists to be offered in Hindman`s Post War and Contemporary Art Auction
(Artdaily.org)

Hindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art Auction on September 26 at 10 a.m. will feature an extraordinary selection of rare and outstanding paintings by the Hairy Who? and the Chicago Imagists. Included in this premier presentation are superb examples by Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke and Karl Wirsum. Their work was known for grotesquerie, surrealism and complete separation from the art scene in New York art or world trends. Jim Nutt’s Plume from 1989 is estimated at $200,000-400,000 and offers a unique opportunity for collectors to acquire an early work from his period of portraits that emerged as his preferred painting product in the 90s and has held a continued place in his practice. These stylized and detailed, fantastically imagined women were influenced by the formal constructs of Renaissance portraiture, balancing