Migrant, 1950

"Excepting the "Migrant" is not nearly as aggressive in external characteristics as the "Scavenger", though they are both formally intended to convey the same kind of restlessness and need for shifting positions. The "Migrant" may interest you in that it embodies more the characteristics of aircraft, as well as the organic forms of bird life. In other words, there is a more conscious use of man-made apparatus of a migratory nature than is indicated in the "Scavenger"." 

 [Theodore Roszak Interview with Elliott, 1956, p.15]

Migrant, 1950

Migrant, 1950

Steel brazed with copper

28 1/2 x 32 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches

Collection: University of Illinois Krannert Art Museum,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Purchased, Festival of Arts Purchase Fund (1953).

References:

"Theodore Roszak," Pierre Matisse Gallery, checklist., NY, no. 18, 1951. 

Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, cat., KAM, no. 104, pl. 53, p. 215, 1953. 

Communicating Art from the Midwest Collections, Des Moines Art Center, IA, no. 86, 1955.

American Paintings and Sculpture 1948 - 1969. Urbana-Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1971. 

Migrant, 1967

Migrant, 1967

Metal

14 1/8 x 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (35.9 x 29.6 x 27 cm)

Collection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981 (1986).