Theodore Roszak

Study for The Furies
1950

A detailed, sepia-toned sketch featuring an array of abstract and surreal forms that resemble organic and geometric shapes intertwined. The composition is dynamic, with swirling patterns, sharp angles, and what appear to be distorted figures and objects that defy straightforward interpretation. The artwork has a dreamlike, fantastical quality, with a sense of movement and transformation throughout.

A detailed, sepia-toned sketch featuring an array of abstract and surreal forms that resemble organic and geometric shapes intertwined. The composition is dynamic, with swirling patterns, sharp angles, and what appear to be distorted figures and objects that defy straightforward interpretation. The artwork has a dreamlike, fantastical quality, with a sense of movement and transformation throughout.

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Date
1950

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and gray-brown ink and gray wash on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/8 × 40 1/16in. (66.4 × 101.8 cm)

Accession number
51.29

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/2256

Exhibitions

Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

Theodore Roszak
39 works in the collection

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