Untitled (Study for Explorer I)

Artist Theodore J. Roszak American, born Poland, 1907-1981

Dateca. 1960

MediumBallpoint pen Ink on wove paper

DimensionsSight: 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (21 x 26.7 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 5/8 in. (34.6 x 39.7 x 1.6 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineBequest to The Murray Collection in honor of Terry A. Murray

Object number2013.1.11

On View

Not on view

Collections

Modern and Contemporary Art
Works on Paper

SignedSigned Lower Left: Theodore (J.?) Roszak Signed Lower Right: Theodore Roszak both in pen? blue ink

InscribedUpper left: "For Margaret Mc" In drawing, center left: "Inner-man" (crossed-out) Right Lower middle, in drawing: Study for "Explorer" all in blue ink on reverse: "by Theodore Roszak/Miss McKellar/Whitney/Personal/no chg"

DescriptionFive separate drawings of an abstracted skeletal torso on a base.One piece of wove paper in two leaves,a deep fold at center separates four 4 smaller drawings on the left from the single, larger one on the right. This appears to be a preparatory sketch for the bronze sculpture titled "Explorer I" dated 1960 and illustrated on Roszak's website. It also relates to a sheet of drawings titled "Rite of Passage" and illustrated in the section on his work from the 1950's, also on the website.

ProvenanceNew York, NY, Jane S. Murray
2013, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust