From the Archives: Chicago Originals

Reclusive artist Henry Darger died in 1973, leaving behind a Chicago apartment full of his work. In light of a recent legal dispute between the building’s landlords and the late artist’s relatives over the contents, A.i.A. revisits Michael Bonesteel’s essay from our February 1985 issue on the work of three notable Chicago outsider artists, including Darger. —Eds.
Chicago Outsider artists Hen­ry Darger, Lee Godie and Joseph Yoakum gave free rein to personal fantas