Roz
John Wilson
(American, 1922–2015)
1972
Medium/TechniquePastel on paper
DimensionsFramed: 124.5 x 99.1 cm (49 x 39 in.)
Sheet: 113 x 87.6 cm (44 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 113 x 87.6 cm (44 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection and Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession number2015.3270
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPastels
Collections
In the early 1970s, Wilson made an extended series of drawings and pastels capturing the dramatic features of Roz Springer, a friend of his daughter, Becky. He enthused, “She was like living sculpture.” Her features reappear in Wilson’s monumental bronze head Eternal Presence, a work that was ultimately neither male nor female, but meant to convey a universal humanity.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; to Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston as representative of the artist's estate; 2015, sold by Martha Richardson Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2015)
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
John Russell