Theodore Roszak

Study for Airport

1934

This is a colorful, abstract artwork featuring a variety of geometric shapes and patterns that create a fantastical landscape. The scene includes a central tower-like structure with a spiral design, flanked by a ship on the left and a hot air balloon and other spherical objects on the right. The background suggests a night sky over a body of water, and the foreground includes a variety of pathways and platforms with vibrant stripes and checkerboard patterns. The overall composition has a dreamlike, surrealist quality.

This is a colorful, abstract artwork featuring a variety of geometric shapes and patterns that create a fantastical landscape. The scene includes a central tower-like structure with a spiral design, flanked by a ship on the left and a hot air balloon and other spherical objects on the right. The background suggests a night sky over a body of water, and the foreground includes a variety of pathways and platforms with vibrant stripes and checkerboard patterns. The overall composition has a dreamlike, surrealist quality.

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Date
1934

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink, pen and ink, opaque watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 23 × 29in. (58.4 × 73.7 cm)

Accession number
83.33.6

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Theodore Roszak Estate

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

API
artworks/1596

Exhibitions

The Whitney’s Collection

Jan 30, 2008–Jan 3, 2010

Theodore Roszak
39 works in the collection, 36 exhibitions

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