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

• Gossip (?) - CC4:xii.......... ..... (catalog # 1?)
• Going Downtown on the Streetcar - PE2:44.......... ..... (catalog # 3)
• five-car train approaching signal - PE2:43.......... .....(catalog # 4 or 19???)
• The El - PE1:11.......... .....(catalog # 5)
• The Flats - AG:173.......... ..... (catalog # 6)
• Avenue D - YBIIA.......... ..... (catalog # 8)

• Boobtoob - PE1:10, AG:177.......... ..... (catalog # 9)
• Judy Galloway, varsity majorette - AG:176.......... ..... (catalog # 11)
• Go-go dancer - PE2:45.......... ..... (catalog # 13 or 16)
• Silver Streak auto - PE1:12, AG:175.......... ..... (catalog # 21 or 27)
• Silver Streak auto - internet.......... ..... (catalog # 21 or 27)
• drag racer -PE1:12, print published by Crumb Products web site.......... .....(catalog # 24 or 25).

• Dana - PE2:45.......... ..... (catalog # 29)

• Good Housekeeping (?) - AG:174.......... ..... (catalog # 30??)
• eight cars in a circle.......... ..... (catalog # 31)
• cars crashing - PE2:45.......... ..... (catalog # 32)
• house with old car.......... ..... (catalog # 36)

  Photo of Dana and Robert Crumb with three Peoria drawings.......... ....published in the exhibition catalog "Yeah, But is it Art?" Note the drawing on the right has not appeared elsewhere (#14?,17?,18??)

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 Back to main page.