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Theodore Roszak

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(1907-1981) First generation New York abstract expressionist artist

sculptor, painter, draughtsman

Theodore Roszak

  • Biography
  • Exhibitions
  • Drawing
  • Painting (1929-47)
  • Construction (1932-45)
  • Sculpture (1945-69)
  • Public Commission (1955-78)
  • Photogram (1932-41)
  • Lithography
  • Bibliography
  • Contact
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Sculpture 1950s

Sculpture 1950s

Sculpture Study, 1945

Sculpture Study, 1945

gouache on paper

 10 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)

Collection: National Museum Warsaw, Poland. 

Study for "The Spectre of Kitty Hawk", 1946

Study for "The Spectre of Kitty Hawk", 1946

Pen, brush and ink, and ink wash on paper

Irregular: 29 3/8 x 33 1/16 inches (74.6 x 83.9 cm)

Collection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (1966).

Invocation-No, I (Study for Sculpture), 1946

Invocation-No, I (Study for Sculpture), 1946

Pen and ink and watercolor on paper

18 x 11.75 in (45.7 x 29.8 cm)

Collection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (1977).

Study for "Firebird", 1950

Study for "Firebird", 1950

Pen, brush and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper

28 7/8 x 35 in (73.3 x 88.9 cm)

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in memory of the artist (1982).

Untitled, 1945

Untitled, 1945

Black ink, gouache, and graphite, incised, on paperboard

9 11/16 x 7 3/8 inches (24.6 x 18.8 cm)

Collection: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum. Cambridge, MA. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2006).

Study for Thorn Blossom, 1946-47

Study for Thorn Blossom, 1946-47

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

14 × 10 in (35.6 × 25.4 cm)

Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Gift of the Theodore Roszak Estate (1983).

Invocation III Study, 1959

Invocation III Study, 1959

Pen and ink on paper

68.5 x 42.5 inches

Collection: David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Placed on loan from David T. Owsley (2009).

The Great Moth, 1955

The Great Moth, 1955

Pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper

68 1/2 x 28 1/2 in (174.0 x 72.3 cm)

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (1986).

Night Flight, 1958

Night Flight, 1958

Watercolor and ink on paper

11 7/8 x 15 15/16 in (30.2 x 40.5 cm)

Collection: Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona (1981).

 

Untitled, 1940-55

Untitled, 1940-55

Black ink and wash on paper

10 9/16 x 10 13/16 inches (268 x 275 mm)

Collection: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young Legion of Honor, CA. Gift of James H. Elliott (1998).

Studies for Sculpture (Figure), 1950

Studies for Sculpture (Figure), 1950

Black ink applied with pen and brush, with wash, on off-white wove paper

8 9/16 x 11 inches (21.8 x 28 cm)

Collection: Worcester Art Museum, MA. Gift of the estate of Theodore Roszak (1985).

Studies for Sculpture, 1947

Studies for Sculpture, 1947

Opaque and transparent watercolor, black ink, black chalk on wove paper

9 7/8 inches x 14 inches (253 x 356 mm)

Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2014).

Sculpture Study, 1947

Sculpture Study, 1947

Gouache on paper

10 x 14 inches (254 x 345 mm)


Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2014).

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