PEORIA DRAWINGS

A milestone in Crumb's career was The American Scene exhibit at Lakeview Center, Peoria, Illinois May 17 - June 25, 1967. Of the 36 drawings listed in the catalog/flyer only about 16 have been reproduced in print or on the web. All drawings signed R. Crumb '66.

Catalog ................inside of catalog

Sources:

Promethean Enterprises 1 (1969) & 2 (1970) [PE1,PE2], The Complete Crumb 4 (1989), Alexander Gallery exhibition catalog (1993) [AG], "Yeah, But is it Art?" exhibition catalog [YBIIA] and various web sites

The 36 drawings listed in the program:

    1 - Gossip, 2 - Mother and Child, 3 - Going Downtown on the Streetcar, 4 - Oops, 5 - The El, 6 - The Flats, 7 - Times Square, 8 - Avenue D, 9 - Boobtoob, 10 - High School Girl with Cello, 11 - Judy Galloway, 12 - Junior, 13 - Watusi, 14 - I Feel so Good, 15 - Seeburg Jukebox, 16 - Do the Pony, 17 - Teenybop, 18 - Wandering Minstrel, 19 - Railroad Bill, 20 - Rock 'n' Roll, 21 - Silver 8 Streak 1, 22 - 1951 Nash, 23 - 48 Pontiac, 24 - Dragster 1, 25 - Dragster 2, 26 - Dodge, 27 - Silver 8 Streak 2, 28 - Lunch, 29 - Dana, 30 - Good Housekeeping, 31 - Follow the Leader, 32 - Crash, 33 - Orange Bowl '67, 34 - Power Shovel on Sunday, 35 - Steam Shovel, 36 - The Old Place
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