Accession Number
1957/1.37

Title
Study for Sculpture: Sea Sentinel

Artist(s)
Theodore Roszak

Object Creation Date
1953

Medium & Support
ink and wash on white paper

Dimensions
10 7/8 in x 13 7/8 in (27.6 cm x 35.2 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 3/16 in (56.2 cm x 71.6 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

Subject matter
Theodore Roszak began to make welded steel sculptures that were inspired by nature in the late 1940s and early 1950s when he became horrified by the destruction caused by World War II. This drawing is a study for the sculpture titled Sea Sentinel that the artist completed two years later in 1955. 

Physical Description
This study for an abstract but figural sculpture shows a creature on the left of the print with four legs and a large crescent shape body leaning in from the left to the center of the print. From the middle of the crescent emerges a tongue-like crescent in gold. 

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Primary Object Type
study

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
American (North American)
Polish (culture)
abstraction
modern and contemporary art
seas
studies (visual works)
study
watchmen