Wesley Willis Art

Excellent 1997 Dan Ryan

Here's a submission from longtime reader Cainman:

The Longest Dan Ryan

It may look like a normal Dan Ryan Expressway but this one stretches all the way to Melbourne Australia. Title of the piece is "It's the Dan Ryan Expressway Looking Toward 47th Street, 1997" and is drawn with marker and pen. It has Mickey D's the Sears Tower and Buses all of Wes's favourites, what more could a boy from downunder want. I purchased it through a well known Chicago Folk Art dealer who really went out of his way to help me. He got it from a Lady who bought it from directly from Wesley.

The cool thing about this is it is from 1997 (after he became a rock star) and it is obvious that it he was there (i.e. he didn't do it from memory, but actually staked the place out old-school style).

Good stuff.

Four Wesley Willis Pieces in Ebay Live Auction

I've asked for some better images, but these look to be pretty good. No dates, no detail images, but the Chicago River and the State of Illinois Building/ Daley Plaza one seems to be drawn from the train platform at Clark & Lake. More to come on these, hopefully. For now, just images.

Here are the auctions:

644: Wesley Willis Willis' View

645: Wesley Willis Chicago Shoreline

646: Wesley Willis It's the Chicago River

647: Wesley Willis The Dan Ryan Expressway

Results:
647: Wesley Willis The Dan Ryan Expressway
$300.00,  2 bids
646: Wesley Willis It's the Chicago River $500.00, 9 bids
645: Wesley Willis Chicago Shoreline $475.00, 4 bids
644: Wesley Willis Willis' View $450.00, 8 bids

Upshots:
These are all bargains. Way better to have a regular week-long auction if you want to get top dollar. The "Wesley Willis' View" is especially a good deal.

WESLEY WILLIS folk art painting by Panhandle Slim

Here's a slightly off-topic but interesting piece on Ebay right now...