%C2%A9 Irving Petlin
The Restless Man (A Study), 1983
Irving Petlinexpand_more
Pastel on paperexpand_more
Gift of Martin Weinsteinexpand_more 2018.115.4
Not on Viewexpand_more
Irving Petlin’s enigmatic, dream-like landscape features a lone seated figure who looks away from the vast, bucolic landscape that lies before him and instead gazes intently at the viewer. His pensive expression heightens the scene’s mystery. Who is this young man' Why does he look directly at the viewer' What is he thinking about' Completed when Petlin was 49 years old, the drawing may in fact be a retrospective self-portrait, a midlife deliberation on the persistent uncertainties of life and his place in the modern world. In this interpretation, the drawing’s title suggests that Petlin is the one wrestling with a restless spirit.
Details
- Title
- The Restless Man (A Study)
- Artist Life
- 1934–2018
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2018.115.4
- Provenance
- (Dart Gallery, Chicago; inv. no. DC-3-83-22); (Marlborough Gallery, New York; inv. no. NON 24.479); (Leslie Hindman, Chicago, sale 499-5/23/17, lot 203). Lora and Martin Weinstein, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
- Curator Approved
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© Irving Petlin