Name/Title
PatientiaEntry/Object ID
2024.1.33Description
Acrylic with gesso base on wood panelCollection
Roman Verostko and Alice Wagstaff Legacy CollectionsExhibition
Verostko + Mason: Truth SeekersOutgoing Loans
Loan Out
OL2026.1Notes
Loan Period: 9/11/2026 -10/29/2027
Loan Address: 5173 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224General Notes
Note
In the notebook displayed nearby, the artist recorded an artistic breakthrough. On August 23, 1965, he saw “the placement of my carefully calculated (rational elements) [sic] as a placing of myself into the excitement of existence.” On the following page (the one shown open), he continued: “the knot in the wood doesn’t receive its life until the flat lavender rectangle relates to it – then each receives from the other.” If not this exact painting (dated on the reverse to June 1968), then the breakthrough artwork must have been similar. As the artist reflected:
"My paintings are spontaneous emotion; they are also calculated precision; they search to resolve oppositions in a visual dialogue; they are born from the belief that we are growing to a great love that will resolve the ambiguous and deliver us to Peace."Create Date
February 19, 2026Update Date
September 11, 2026