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Study for Composition Alastor

A work made of lithograph in black on orange wove paper.

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on orange wove paper.

Date:

1931

Artist:

Theodore Roszak
American, born Poland, 1907-1981

About this artwork

Roszak studied at the Art Institute in the mid-1920s and later worked as an instructor of lithography in 1927–28. Many of his early lithographs combined portraits with elements probably derived from popular motifs on textiles and other decorative arts. This print is a close-up of the sculpture, which served as a model for a larger oil painting, Composition Alastor, from the same year.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Theodore Roszak

Title

Study for Composition Alastor

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1931

Medium

Lithograph in black on orange wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 15.8 × 24 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 33.1 cm (10 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Sara Roszak

Reference Number

2014.1313

Extended information about this artwork

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