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Description

Painting, Unemployment Agency (Oil on canvas, 51” x 72”, 1957) by Seymour Rosofsky. The painting illustrates an early period in Seymour Rosofsky’s career in the 1950s when he created autobiographical expressionist and surrealist imagery that reflected specific Chicago experiences, often with an existentialist perspective. This body of work, and this work specifically, was exhibited extensively in notable shows and in public, is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, and discussed by critics and art historians.

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Artist Seymour Rosofsky. Copyright held by the artist.

Article

Seymour Rosofsky

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Entire artwork

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Purpose of use

The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key early period in Rosofsky’s career, in the 1950s: his autobiographical expressionist and surrealist imagery reflecting specific Chicago experiences and locales in modern life. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this body of work and important developmental phase in his art. Rosofsky’s work of this type and this painting in particular is discussed in the article and by writers cited in the article, as a key work in his oeuvre and Chicago’s art history.

Replaceable?

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Seymour Rosofsky, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

Other information

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.

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