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Thistle in the Dream (To Louis Sullivan), (sculpture). Artist:  Roszak, Theodore, 1907-1981, sculptor. Title:  Thistle in the Dream (To Louis Sullivan), (sculpture). Dates:  1955-1956. Medium:  Cut and welded steel. Dimensions:  59 1/8 x 40 1/2 x 30 in. Inscription:  signed Subject:  Object -- Foliage -- Thistle State of Being -- Phenomenon -- Dream Homage -- Sullivan, Louis Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.6.74 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York 1956. Formerly in the collection of Roby, Sara, New York, New York 1956-1986. Gift of Sara Roby Foundation, 1986. Remarks:  On metal label on side of base: T Roszak. References:  National Museum of American Art, 1990. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006. Mecklenburg, Virginia M., "Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987, pg. 123. Mecklenburg, Virginia M., "Modern Masters: American Abstraction at Midcentury," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with D. Giles Ltd., London, 2008, pg. 185. Illustration:  Mecklenburg, Virginia M., "Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987, pg. 123. Mecklenburg, Virginia M., "Modern Masters: American Abstraction at Midcentury," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with D. Giles Ltd., London, 2008, pg. 184. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 08581766   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08581766 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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