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Seymour Rosofsky

Seymour Rosofsky

American, 1924

WA-00029182

Chicago, IL, USA

DrawingFiguration

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

53

Works in Collection

85

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ20873006

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1963

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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Young American Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953–1954

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (2)

Corbett-Dempseyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/seymour-rosofsky
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5028
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Figuration

Medium

Drawing

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (53)

Screwdrivers

1979 · Pastel on pink wove paper

56 × 81 cm (22 1/16 × 31 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artist in the Suburbs

Artist in the Suburbs

1978 · Oil on canvas

154.9 × 212 cm (61 × 83 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hammer

1978 · Pastel on pink wove paper

56 × 81 cm (22 1/16 × 31 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Artist Unmasked

The Artist Unmasked

1974 · Black Conté crayon with touches of stumping on white wove paper

47.7 × 65.6 cm (18 13/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Couple

1973 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

70.3 × 50.1 cm (27 11/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tea & Rowboats 2

Tea & Rowboats 2

1971 · Watercolor on ivory wove paper

45.6 × 60.3 cm (18 × 23 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man in Cake with Top Hat

Man in Cake with Top Hat

1971 · Watercolor, with pen and black ink and touches of gouache, heightened with white gouache, on off-white wove paper

76 × 55.8 cm (29 15/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vietnam, Chicago, Czechoslovakia

Vietnam, Chicago, Czechoslovakia

1968 · Oil on canvas

152.4 × 116.9 cm (60 × 46 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1968 · Lithograph printed in blue ink on white wove paper

64.8 × 94 cm (25 9/16 × 37 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1968 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 1/16 × 29" (56 × 73.7 cm); sheet: 23 3/16 × 29 1/2" (58.9 × 74.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 1/8" (65 × 48.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 23 1/16 × 31 7/16" (58.5 × 79.9 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 5/8 × 30 11/16" (57.5 × 77.9 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 25 5/8 × 19" (65.1 × 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · Series of seven lithographs

various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 7/8 × 30 7/16" (58.1 × 77.3 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 11/16 × 31 3/16" (57.7 × 79.2 cm); sheet: 24 1/16 × 32 1/16" (61.1 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 23 13/16 × 32 1/8" (60.5 × 81.6 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

These Are the Good Printers (Ce sont des bons imprimeurs)

These Are the Good Printers (Ce sont des bons imprimeurs)

1968 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 13/16 × 35 5/8" (60.5 × 90.5 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 37 5/8" (64.9 × 95.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 1/2 × 30 1/2" (57.1 × 77.4 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1968 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 29 1/8 × 42 1/8" (73.9 × 107 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 42 1/8" (73.9 × 107 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/8 × 32 1/16" (61.3 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 5/16 × 30 3/8" (56.6 × 77.2 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

Untitled from the series The Good Burghers of Lunidam

1968 · One from a series of seven lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 13/16 × 31 1/8" (58 × 79.1 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 1/16" (61.4 × 81.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

53 published of 83 catalogued · 65 with image

MoMA
30 publishedof 60 catalogued42 img
Art Institute Chicago
23 published23 img

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Images

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Artsy

Unemployment Agency (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US