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White and Steel Polars

1945

Theodore Roszak

(American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Poland], 1907–1981)
Culture
America
Medium
painted wood, steel, iron, and Plexiglas
Measurements
Overall: 271.8 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (107 x 16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2005.144
Copyright
© Estate of Theodore Roszak / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
226B American Modern
Print
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Did You Know?

During the Second World War, Roszak worked for a defense contractor, helping to design aircraft.

Description

In 1929 Roszak traveled to Prague and met artists interested in making work from industrial materials such as metal and plastic. Inspired by them, he incorporated this approach into his own sculpture for the next few decades.
A sculpture of two spheres, the larger one white and the smaller one black, above two white, teardrop-shaped objects. The points of the teardrop-shaped objects are facing each other, one atop the other. The teardrop-shaped object at the bottom sits atop a white cylinder.

White and Steel Polars

1945

Theodore Roszak

(American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Poland], 1907–1981)
America

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