Theodore Czebotar

Untitled (riding the rails), n.d.

14.5 × 19.5 ″ Framed: 15.875 × 20.875 × 0.875 ″ Oil on board

In a preliminary state, figures are seen seated on train cars. The short and open top train car has figures seated inside, one is resting his arms looking out towards the view on the left. This car is placed diagonally to the right and cropped out of the painting in the foreground. The connecting a higher train car in front has two figures seated on top. This train car is cropped out of the painting. The train cars take up the bottom third of the composition diagonally in a dark, burnt orange color. To the left is indistinguishable in dark colors and black. In the background on the horizon is a train, the engine of the train is moving towards the left. Smoke is coming from the engine trailing above the train all the way across the composition. The train starts off with the engine in a dark black color and the rest is dark orange. Looking up close to the artwork, one can see black lines outlining the shapes of the train, smoke and possible farm animals to the left. There is a peak of blue on the top left. This piece is framed in a light brown wooden frame.

 

Credit Line:

Collection of Cedarburg Art Museum, Gift from the Theodore Czebotar Collection, LLC and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.

Inventory ID:

2020.31