Eye Love1990sSheet: 11 x 8 1/2 " (27.9 x 21.6 cm)Felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen on paperGift of Gordon W. Bailey in honor of Brett Hartenbach2025.15.50multiple other areas of text to be transcribed during cataloging 1671209340Daniel JohnstonDrawingsCopyright for this work is under review.lower center: 'EYE LOVE'lower right: 'Daniel Johnston'http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27212WallerAustinWallerAustinUnited StatesUnited StatesTexasTexasRecent AcquisitionsAdam ReichWallerAustinThis engaging and detailed autobiographical drawing by Daniel Johnston is typical of his style, generally rendered in Magic Marker with his iconic characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost. On this composition, one can read the catchphrase of Fred Flintstone, “YA BA DA BA DOOP” and also “IT’S A FREAK OUT!,” an expression referring to the strong emotional reaction many people have to seeing a mouse, due to surprise and the rodent’s association with disease or infestation.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orghttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27212http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27212http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2721219901999 2025 15 5 This engaging and detailed autobiographical drawing by Daniel Johnston is typical of his style, generally rendered in Magic Marker with his iconic characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost. On this composition, one can read the catchphrase of Fred Flintstone, “YA BA DA BA DOOP” and also “IT’S A FREAK OUT!,” an expression referring to the strong emotional reaction many people have to seeing a mouse, due to surprise and the rodent’s association with disease or infestation.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org