Crumb de l'underground à la Genèse

In front of the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris

Exhibition handout, Signed R. Crumb

Exhibition catalog

Exhibition poster, signed R. Crumb

The Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris held what is possibly the largest ever retrospective of Crumb's work. It was mind-bogging to see all the stuff he has done over the years. Really quite prolific! The accompanying catalog is exhaustive featuring a repertoire of his main works.

Underground Classics

Robert Crumb. "Fight the Big Companies..." [Cover] In Denis Kitchen and James Danky. 2009. Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix. Co-edition with Chazen Museum of Art. Abrams ComicArts. Signed "Dennis Kitchen 5/5/09" along with drawing on title page. Also signed by R. Crumb, A. Kominsky Crumb and Gilbert Shelton on pages 61, 92 and 119.

The catalog for the exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2 to July 12, 2009. This is a comprehensive catalog with works of all of the major American comix artists. There are also several essays that put the work into the socio-cultural context of the time as well as a number of photos that put a face behind the cartoonists. Essential reference for any comix lover.

Underground

Robert Crumb. 2008. [ICA Underground Exhibit]. Poster. 24 x 36 inches. (Original drawing is circa 1968 and appears on the cover of R. Crumb. 1997. Sketchbook. Volume 6 Mid 1968 to Mid '69.

Poster for the Underground exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in the University of Pennsylvania. For details see. The picture used for the poster is from Crumb's 1968-69 sketchbook. It features a trio of happy, round, Renoirish women reminiscent of other joyful big-boned women Crumb has drawn through the years. The back of the poster lists the pieces in the exhibit.

La Famille D'Artistes Exposition CRUMB

54th Carnegie International

Robert Crumb. 2004. Carnegie International. Poster. 22 x 17 inches.

Crumb did the exhibition poster and and had a small retrospective of drawings, strips, and notebooks. The depressing machine people descend from Crumb's 1975 Snarf cover of a happy guy with a self-propelled vehicle (used for the cover of Underground Classics). However unlike the optimistic Snarf cover, the world has turned sour with the machine people vomiting from pollution. The irony of the drawing could not have been lost on the exhibit organizers. Here Crumb pokes fun at steel magnate Andrew Carnegie who the museum is named after, inferring that the hellish scene is a result of the environmentally destructive policies of big business. According to the Crumb Print site, there were 100 copies of this poster made. The drawing is also reminiscent of a sketchbook drawing dated 11 Nov. 2001 entitled "Draw Thru The Pain" that appeared on p. 27 of Mineshaft, #10, January 2003 as well as "We're Lost!" on p. 68 of the Whole Earth Review, #10, Summer 1993.

Yeah, but is it ART?

Robert Crumb. 2004. Yeah but is it ART? [Cover].

In Alfred M. Fischer (editor). 2004. Yeah but is it ART? Museum Ludwig. ISBN: 3883757950

The book accompanying the Crumb exhibit at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne from 28 May to 12 September 2004.

God Wants Me to Draw

Robert Crumb. 2003. God Wants Me to Draw. Ink and correction fluid on paper, 10 3/8 x 12 inches. Collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York.

This piece acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York is a sign that Crumb is increasingly accepted as a "legitimate" by the "official" art world. Here is the link to the MOMA catalog for the piece.

DIE VIELEN GESICHTER DER ROBERT CRUMB

R. Crumb. 2002. Karikatur Museum. Poster. 60 x 90 cm (23 1/2 by 33").

http://www.karikaturmuseum.at/programm/copy4_of_08/die-vielen-gesichter-der-robert-crumb

Very similar to the FATE magazine cover Bigfoot is Everywhere!