Theodore Roszak

Fisherman's Bride
1934

A surreal painting by Theodore Roszak featuring a central figure playing a white, abstractly shaped guitar. The figure, with a red head and a triangular black and red torso, stands on a circular platform surrounded by a dark blue sea under a night sky. A large brown sail-like structure looms behind the figure, and various geometric shapes float in the sky. A ship with the word "STYX" on it sails in the background, and scattered musical notes and broken strings litter the platform.

A surreal painting by Theodore Roszak featuring a central figure playing a white, abstractly shaped guitar. The figure, with a red head and a triangular black and red torso, stands on a circular platform surrounded by a dark blue sea under a night sky. A large brown sail-like structure looms behind the figure, and various geometric shapes float in the sky. A ship with the word "STYX" on it sails in the background, and scattered musical notes and broken strings litter the platform.

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Date
1934

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 29 1/16 × 27 1/8in. (73.8 × 68.9 cm)

Accession number
34.24

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Theodore Roszak / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/142

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Theodore Roszak
39 works in the collection

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