colored image of a man wearing a purple vest and holding a pipe and a light bulb; man is leaning back against pink and black striped and flowered wallpaper

%C2%A9 Estate of Barbara Swan

Arthur Polonsky, 1970

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The brooding paintings and drawings by Arthur Polonsky (born 1925) feature exquisitely calculated draftsmanship combined with furiously expressive gestures. His studies of the human condition can be solidly grounded in reality or sail away into flights of magical mysticism. This portrait is part of a portfolio of seven that Barbara Swan made of artist friends who worked in New England.

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Title
Arthur Polonsky
Artist Life
1922–2003
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.133.16.6
Provenance
John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn. (until d. 2012); by descent to his daughter Catherine Andrus, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
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colored image of a man wearing a purple vest and holding a pipe and a light bulb; man is leaning back against pink and black striped and flowered wallpaper

© Estate of Barbara Swan

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