Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw

Pascale, Mark; Adler, Esther; Kopp, Édouard

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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)

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Much of Joseph Elmer Yoakum’s story comes from the artist himself—and is almost too fantastic to believe. At a young age, Yoakum (1891–1972) traveled the globe with numerous circuses; he later served in a segregated noncombat regiment during World War I before settling in Chicago. There, inspired by a dream, he began his artistic career at age seventy-one, producing some two thousand drawings over a decade. How did Yoakum gain representation in major museum collections in Chicago and New York? What fueled his process, which he described as a “spiritual unfoldment”? This volume delves into the friendships Yoakum forged with the Chicago Imagists that secured his place in art history, explores the religious outlook that may have helped him cope with a racially fractured city, and examines his complicated relationship to African American and Native American identities. With hundreds of color reproductions of his dreamlike drawings, it offers the most comprehensive study of the artist’s work, illuminating his vivid and imaginative creativity and giving definition and dimension to his remarkable biography.

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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Print publication date July 2021 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300257489

EISBN 9780300282191

Illustrations 193

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List of illustrations

Joseph E. Yoakum in front of his exhibition of drawings at The Whole, a café and recreational space in St. Bartholomew's Church, Chicago
Poster for Joseph E. Yoakum's first solo show at Edward Sherbeyn Gallery, Chicago
Drawings by Joseph E. Yoakum and others on display in Karl Wirsum and Lorri Gunn's residence in Chicago
D-Yard Attica
Whitney Halstead, Joseph E. Yoakum, and Ray Yoshida
Joseph E. Yoakum and visitors in front of his East 82nd Street Apartment on the South Side of Chicago
Poster for Two Artists: Pauline Simon and Joseph E. Yoakum at the Wabash Transit Gallery, Chicago
Poster for Three Famous Artists: Gladys Nilsson, Joseph E. Yaokum, Jim Nutt, an exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
World War I draft registration for Joseph Elmer Yoakum
805th Pioneer Infantry troops in front of the Chéhéry Castle, Chéhéry, France
Joseph E. Yoakum
Visitors lounging in front of Joseph E. Yoakum's work at The Whole, a café and recreational space in St. Bartholomew's Church, Chicago
Roger Brown's Yoakum Room, preserved in the Roger Brown Study Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Guests at the opening of Don Baum Says Chicago Needs Famous Artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Poster for the exhibition Joseph Yoakum: Drawings at Douglas Kenyon Gallery, Chicago
Mt Whitney Highest in Nevada Mtn Range of North East California
Yoakum's Basic Formal Devices
The Open Gate to the West in Rockey Mtn Range near Pueblo Colorado, detail
Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont, detail
Mt. Liotian in Greater Khiangian Mtn Range near Tritsihar Deep Southern China East Asia
Mt Negi in Transylvania Alps near Ufagris Romania SE E
Mt Cloubelle Jamaca of West India, detail
Serpentine Curves on Skyline Drive, Virginia
Tampa Bay near Port Tampa Florida, detail
Norman Mark's article on Joseph E. Yoakum
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, in Chicago
Lebanon Mts. near Sidon Phoenicia Asia
Shallow Vain Coal Strip in Missuori near Columbia MO
Tampa Bay near Port Tampa Florida
Map of the South Side of Chicago, marked with points of interest and Joseph E. Yoakum's known residences
OBAC Visual Arts Workshop, Wall of Respect
Bessie Smith Cousin to Marnie 1924 Dallas Blues Singer
Baywood Park Sub Division Los Osos Valley Baywood Park San Luis Obispo County Cal
Perspective View of Baywood Park–The Paradise of the Pacific, San Luis Obispo, California
The Weeping Pebble at Reno Nevada near Reno City of Nevada
Barbara Jones-Hogu at work on the Wall of Respect
Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy Weight Prize Fighting Champion Ship in Year 1917 and in 1921, detail
Stomp
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance on Rain-Flower sheet music cover
Mt Everest of Himalayan Mtn Range in Height 28027 in Nepal Distric of East India Asia
Section #2 of Florida Mtns Range near Deming New Mexico
On Navajo Reservation Arizona
Navajo Mtn in North East Corner of State of Arizona near Village of Keyenta on Navajo Indian Reservation
Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez with her paintings, New York
Portrait of Carlos Montezuma
Synthi Walwo the Only Indian Million in U.S. Derived from Oil Well and Refinery in Boley Oklahoma
This is of White River near Phoenix Missouri
Joseph E. Yoakum in his room at the Ogden Park Convalescent Home, Chicago
Mt Loving a Mtn in New Mexico near Town Open Blossom
The Mounds of Cenery for All Day Pleasure and Return at the End of the Day Wandering Why You Were Mooving All Day and the Cause of Tireness Were Not Expected by No Visiting This Place
This Is My Little School Only 3-Months of All My Life at a Hdw. and Gas Store Were All This Business There That Was My Education Period
On My Own Father's Farm While Yet Living Owning 60 Acroes of Farm at Willard Missouri 1840 Sold by Emma Francis Yoakum Yoakum Mother of the Family Children
Mt Blissing Game of Dade County of That Country at the Village Named Dadeville Town Missouri
Drinking Comfort Stool of Ex King of England
Woolworth's Advertisement for Fifth Avenue stationery; a beta radiograph of the imitation watermark in Joseph E. Yoakum's St Clar Oil Refinery on Guantannama Bay Cuba 1910 A.D.; the imitation watermark, traced in red for legibility
Beta radiograph of the imitation watermark of the Great Seal of the United States seen in several of Joseph E. Yoakum's drawing sheets
Dividing Ridge Bolling Green MO, overall and detail views
Clark and Lewis Mtn near Dover Alaska in Head Point, of Continental Divide across West Canada into Montana USA, overall and detail views
Joseph E. Yoakum's hand and a box of twelve Weber Costello Alphacolor pastels rest on an unfinished drawing in his sketchbook
Weber Costello Alphacolor pastels
Spring River Valley Carthage Missouri
The Little Brown Church in the Wild Woods Ohio
Cliff 400 Hayward Wis.
Craterhead Mountain of Hiawaii
Arabian Desert near Sudi Arabia, detail
Twin Lakes near Medford Wisconsin
Twin Lakes Near Medford Wisconsin, photomicrograph
Logan Pass Mt Cleveland Montana Lewis Range
Logan Pass Mt Cleveland Montana Lewis Range, raking light detail of the center of the composition in the top half
Big Hole Pass Jackson Montana, detail
Back Where I Were Born 2/20-1888 AD
What I Saw in Alberta B.C. Pacific Coastle Range
U.S. Route 66 Via Albuquerque New Mexico
Cacasus Mtn Range USSR–Russia
The Great Mtn Range near Canberra Australia
Crater Range San Salvador Peru
Mt Brock of Air Cave Pass Near Carson City Nevada
Big Hole Pass Jackson Montana
Mt Brahmoi Nassau Bahama Island
Saw Toot Mtn Montana
Prairie Mounds in Westerrn Iowa on Chicago Milwauke and St Paul R.Y.
The First Steam Engine to Be Assigned to the Service of the Kansas City Ft Scott and Memphis Run between Kansas City and Springfielld Missouri on the St Louis and Sanfrancisco Rail Road Pulling the Kansas City and Florida Special frrom Kansas City to Jacksonville Florida in Year of 1901
Mt Elk in Rainy Mtn Range near Lawton Oklahoma
An Official Train on Santife Rail Road Entering Belle Plains Arizona
Monogahelia River Falls near Riverside West Virginia
Monogahelia River Falls near River Side West Virginia
Chorro Valley Sanluis Obispo County Paso Robles California
Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont
Gascanade River Passing by the Town of Newburg Missouri on St Louis and Sanfrancisco Rail Way
Wilks Land in East Sector of Antartica Continents on Rose Sea and Ice Shellf Cliffe of the Two Sectors Discovery Since Australia and New Zealand
Cavalry Mountain
Mount Calvary
Mt Calvalery near Jerusalem in SO East Asia
Syrian Desert Namrath Syria
Sand Dunes, Arabian Desert
Hanford Desert Pasco Washington
Sylvainia Range Yugoslavia
Rain Bow Brdge Utah
Rain Bow Bridge in in Bryce Canyon National Park near Henriville Utah
Bitter Root Range near Boise Idaho
Ozark Range at Kirkwood Missouri West Suburb of St Louis Mt Dillon
Mt Thousand Lakes in Bryce Canyon National Park near Hawksville Utah
Mt Makkah near Village Mecca of Sudi Arabia SE Asia
Coulee Dam on Columbia River near Olympia Wash
Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River Washington Stat
Grand Coulee Dam in Columbia River near Olympia Washington
Crater Head Mtn in Andes Mtn Range near Santiag Chile South America
Twin Crater Mts near Lima Peru
Crater Head Mts of Honolula Hawaiia
Crater Head Mtns of Honolula Hawaiia
The Home of Wm F Cody Buffalo Bill near Town of North Platt Nebraska
Ranch #101 Red Cloud Nebraska
Rockey Mts British Columbia Canada
Mid Portion of Florida Mtn Range near Santafe New Mexico
Deming Suburb of New Mexico
Ground Floor of Grand Canyon Colorado River near Arizona State Line
Poverty Hollar in Ozark Mts near Luck Green County Missouri
Mt Cloubelle Jamaca of West India
A Cyclone in Action at Iola Kansas in Year of 1920
The Cyclone That Struck Susanville California in Year of 1903
Flying Saucer in 1958
The Flying Saucer in 1958
American Zeppolin Flight from New York City to Paris France in Year 1939
High Way #281 in Eastern Portion of Canada through Mojave Desert
Mt Colbart of Nome Alaska
Arabian Desert near Sudi Arabia
Mt Grazian in Maritime Alps near Emonaco Tunnel France and Italy by Tunnel
Jehol Mtn in Kuntsing Mtn Range near Tsingkin Proviance China Asia
EP Leverest in Himilaya Mtn Range near Gyangtse East India Asia
Mt Pikes Peak the Mtn of Pleasure near Colorado Springs Colorado Highest Foot Bridge in U.S.A.
Moro Rock and Morro Bay near San-Luis Obispo Californid
This of Moro Bay in Sanluis Obispo County Sanluis Obispo California
This of Moro Bay in San Luis Obispo County Sanluis Obispo California
Bay Wood Park Sub Division on Moro Bay at San Luis Obispo County California
A Rock in the Baltic Sea near Stockholm Sweden E. Europe
Mt Popocatepel of Sra Madre Occidental Range near Mexico City C.M.
Turtle Dove Slew in Suwanee River Wilcox Florida
Waianae Mtn Range Entrance to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Oahu of Hawaiian Islands
This Gunboat Were Stationed at Santiago De Cuba on Guantanamo Bay until Beginning of Worlds War One
Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily between Tynhenian and Mediterranean Seas
English Channel Between Southampton England and Le Havre France
An Alaskan Passenger Sail Boat While in Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Rock of Gibraltar
Mt Tara Piva near Bilfel Montenegro Proviance in Yugoslavia E and Asia
Tampa Bay at Tampa Florida
Puget Soun Cascad Range
Great Falls Montana Falls Are in Mission River
Spring Little Falls in Spring River near Thayer Missouri in Red Clay Range
Lake of the Ozarks near Marshall Missouri
Wahoo Valley near Holdenville Oklahoma
The Weeping Pebble of Virginia Peek Mtn near Reno Nevada
Weeping Pebble Nevada on Lak Shasta
Weeping Pebble of Sirrea Range in Virginia Park Nevada
Weeping Pebble East Side Sirrea Range Nevada
Mt Puyed Dome near Clermont France WE (Some Where in France Theres a Lily?)
Nat King Cole
Beulah Dudley 1st Negro Woman to Win Golff Record in Year 1927
Breck Girl
Ella Fitzgerald Moovie Star
Luella Ocondo Secretery of American Indian Center
Harold Beaman Known as Chick First Lineman and Major Commedian with Wm. McCabe and Faimous Georgia Minstril Shows from 1902 to 1923
Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy Weight Prize Fighting Champion Ship in Year 1917 and in 1921
Chieff Gray Eagle Squaw Wife Ogalla of Jicarilla Tribe Reservation North of Concord New Hampshire
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The Wonder of Assirea 310 BC
The Woman of Assirea 310 BC
Granit Center Mound in Rockey Range near Nome Alaska
Mt Sinaii at Sea Port on Gulf of Aquaba near Dhant al Haii of Saudi Arabia in Asia
Moon Valley Mtn in Pugget Sounds near Columbia Sounds Washington
The Open Gate to the West in Rockey Mtn Range near Pueblo Colorado
Mt Baykal of Yablonvy Mtn Range near Ulan-Ude near Lake Baykal of Lower Siberia Russia E Asia
Mt Atzmon on Border of Lebanon and Palestine SE. A.
Mt Suliwulai in Kunlun Mtn Era near Chiuchuan of East Central China East Asia
Mt Godwinanstem in Karakoram Range near Asrinagar E India in Asia
Mt Blessing Game
Mt Way Way Home of North Decotta
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Mt Blissing All, in Ozark Mtn Range Starting from Hannibal Missouri 80 Miles Westward of St Louis Missouri North and West
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Massichute Pleasure Land near City of Boston Mass.
Mooving Water Mountain Fine near Chillicothia Missouri on Asher Creek River at at Marchfield MO
Mt Ever Gain Valley at Rushstead Oregon nor West of State
Near Phittip Minn
The Attraction of All Wanders Which is Located in Central Australia I Have Seen Them Twice My Self
This Is Our Rememberance of Old Ex President William Jennings Bryan Our 1st Democrat President
These Two Highways Are from California and Seattle Washington Both to Here in Chicago
Extremely Seenes near This Mountain Mt Olive #2
Mt Annaconda in Annaconda Mtn Range near by Annaconda Montana
Installation view of Joseph E. Yoakum at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont, as shown in Ray Yoshida's home
Exhibition poster (verso) for Don Baum Says Chicago Needs Famous Artists, featuring the artists in the show

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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)