(1907-1981) First generation New York abstract expressionist artist
sculptor, painter, draughtsman
Sculpture Study, 1945
Study for "The Spectre of Kitty Hawk", 1946
Pen, brush and ink, and ink wash on paper
Irregular: 29 3/8 x 33 1/16 inches (74.6 x 83.9 cm)
Collection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (1966).
Invocation-No, I (Study for Sculpture), 1946
Pen and ink and watercolor on paper
18 x 11.75 in (45.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (1977).
Study for "Firebird", 1950
Pen, brush and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper
28 7/8 x 35 in (73.3 x 88.9 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in memory of the artist (1982).
Untitled, 1945
Black ink, gouache, and graphite, incised, on paperboard
9 11/16 x 7 3/8 inches (24.6 x 18.8 cm)
Collection: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum. Cambridge, MA. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2006).
Study for Thorn Blossom, 1946-47
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
14 × 10 in (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Gift of the Theodore Roszak Estate (1983).
Invocation III Study, 1959
Pen and ink on paper
68.5 x 42.5 inches
Collection: David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Placed on loan from David T. Owsley (2009).
The Great Moth, 1955
Pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper
68 1/2 x 28 1/2 in (174.0 x 72.3 cm)
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (1986).
Night Flight, 1958
Watercolor and ink on paper
11 7/8 x 15 15/16 in (30.2 x 40.5 cm)
Collection: Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona (1981).
Untitled, 1940-55
Black ink and wash on paper
10 9/16 x 10 13/16 inches (268 x 275 mm)
Collection: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young Legion of Honor, CA. Gift of James H. Elliott (1998).
Studies for Sculpture (Figure), 1950
Black ink applied with pen and brush, with wash, on off-white wove paper
8 9/16 x 11 inches (21.8 x 28 cm)
Collection: Worcester Art Museum, MA. Gift of the estate of Theodore Roszak (1985).
Studies for Sculpture, 1947
Opaque and transparent watercolor, black ink, black chalk on wove paper
9 7/8 inches x 14 inches (253 x 356 mm)
Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2014).
Sculpture Study, 1947
Gouache on paper
10 x 14 inches (254 x 345 mm)
Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Theodore Roszak (2014).