Seymour Rosofsky: Xylophone Solo
July 27 - September 1, 2012
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Seymour Rosofsky
Xylophone Player
1965
gouache and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 25 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
The Club
1971
watercolor and gouache on paper
23 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
The Smugglers
1964
ink and watercolor on paper
21 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Tea in Subway
1969
ink and watercolor on paper
19 x 24 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Elevator (Ascenseur)
1965
ink and watercolor on paper
20 x 26 1/4 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Two Boys in Ski Masks (Skaters)
1969
gouache on gray paper
22 x 31 3/4 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Two Women, Legs Akimbo
1978
pastel on scarlet paper
22 x 32 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Ski Mask People on Tags Hanging from Trees
1969
ink and gouache on paper
23 7/8 x 36 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Seated Man, Blue Background
n.d.
ink and gouache on paper
19 x 25 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Seated Figures with Porcupines
1966-67
gouache on tan paper
20 x 25 1/2 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Dwarf Figure Dancing
1960
pastel on paper
17 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Santa Claus and Turtle
1979
gouache and ink on paper
19 x 25 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Woman at Table, Children Underneath
1976
gouache, ink, and collage on tan paper
18 7/8 x 26 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Girl Jumping
mid 1960’s
watercolor and gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Moon Juggler (Raised Arm)
1976
gouache and charcoal pencil on tan paper
19 x 25 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Balloon Babies
c. 1970
pastel on pink paper
25 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Assassin
1979
pastel on tan paper
19 x 25 1/4 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Showdown
1965
gouache on paper
17 x 22 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Clay People
1974
gouache on paper
18 3/4 x 25 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Girls Jumping in Tilting House
1970
gouache on paper
19 5/8 x 24 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Couple Dancing in Living Room
1970
gouache and watercolor on paper
24 x 35 3/4 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Figure in Chairs with Ball and Two Poles
1969
pastel on tan paper
19 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Sceptered Man with Top
n.d.
pastel on gray paper
25 x 19 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Rifleman and Bar
1965
pastel on tan paper
20 x 25 3/4 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Alarm Figure in Aquarium
1966
ink, watercolor and pastel on paper
19 x 24 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Alarm Figures in Aquarium
1966
ink, watercolor and pastel on paper
19 x 24 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Children with Masks in the Zoo II
1969
charcoal, pastel and watercolor on paper
19 x 24 7/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Undiscovered Drawings Series (11)
1980
gouache on paper
23 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Undiscovered Drawings Series (7)
1976
gouache and watercolor on paper
23 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Undiscovered Drawings Series (4)
1976
gouache and watercolor on paper
23 1/4 x 29 1/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Undiscovered Drawings Series (13)
1980
gouache and watercolor on paper
23 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Undiscovered Drawings Series (6)
1976
gouache on paper
23 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches
Seymour Rosofsky
Man, Child, Birds
1969
watercolor on paper
18 x 23 3/4 inches
Installation view
Installation view
Press Release
For its second summer exhibition, Corbett vs. Dempsey is delighted to present Xylophone Solo, an exhibition of selected drawings by Seymour Rosofsky.
Rosofsky (1924-1981) is one of the key figures in twentieth century Chicago art. Emerging in the late 1940s as part of the movement later dubbed the “Monster Roster,” alongside Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, June Leaf, and Dominick Di Meo, he initially painted grotesque, existentially angst-ridden figures, perfect little monsters. By the early 1960s, Rosofsky had begun to develop a singularly fantastical style rooted in observational painting, creating unflinching masterworks like “Unemployment Agency” (which has hung in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office) and “Homage to Spain, Thalydomide Children, Others” (in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago). Rosofsky’s brilliance as a painter is widely recognized, but he was also a spectacular draughtsman with a particular interest in drawing as both a process and a medium. Xylophone Solo spotlights fifteen great drawings – pencil, watercolor, pastel, charcoal – from the Rosofsky archives, some closely related to paintings, some imagined and executed entirely on their own. The exhibition is accompanied by a 44-page catalog with reproductions of all these and more Rosofsky works on paper.