Study for Composition Alastor

1931

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
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.)
Collection no.: 2014.1313
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Study for Composition Alastor — Theodore Roszak. 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.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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.

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Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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