Joseph Yoakum
American, 1891-1972
Flying Saucer in 1958
INV-5833
Joseph Yoakum
American, 1891-1972n.d.
Flying Saucer in 1958
Joseph Yoakum American, 1891-1972 →colored pencildrawings (visual works)
Date
n.d.
Medium
Purple and blue felt-tip pen, pastel, colored pencil, and blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 24.5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Whitney Halstead
Yoakum had no doubts as to the existence of flying saucers. In response to Whitney Halstead's question about whether he had ever flown in an airplane, Yoakum replied, "Yes, I did—but only once and that was enough! I was in Los Angeles and decided to take a plane back to Chicago, well, when we got over Arizona one of them flying saucers came down and buzzed us! Well, the pilot of that plane landed and we got off and all of us took a train. And I've not taken a plane since!"
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