Studies for Journey Into Future
Artist
Esphyr Slobodkina
(American, born Russia, 1908 - 2022)
CultureAmerican, born Russia
MediumBlack and white magazine clipping, 1963
Subzero Technology, 1978, pencil on tissue paper
Journey into Unknown, ca. 1978–1982, oil on canvas board
Subzero Technology, ca. 1978–1982, oil on canvas board
Journey into Unknown, ca. 1978–1982, oil on canvas board
DimensionsBlack and white magazine clipping, 4 x 3 ¾ in.
Subzero Technology, pencil on tissue paper, 4 ½ x 9 ½ in.
Journey into Unknown, oil on canvas board, 5 x 5 in.
Subzero Technology, oil on canvas board, 10 ½ x 6 in.
Journey into Unknown, oil on canvas board, 5 ¾ x 5 ¾ in.
Subzero Technology, pencil on tissue paper, 4 ½ x 9 ½ in.
Journey into Unknown, oil on canvas board, 5 x 5 in.
Subzero Technology, oil on canvas board, 10 ½ x 6 in.
Journey into Unknown, oil on canvas board, 5 ¾ x 5 ¾ in.
Credit LineGift of the Slobodkina Foundation
Object number2026.8.2
Not on view
ProvenanceThese studies were created between 1978 and 1982 by the artist Esphyr Slobodkina. They were kept until her death in 2002 and passed to her Foundation. With the Esphyr Slobodkina Foundation, LewAllen Galleries of Santa Fe, New Mexico, manages the artist’s estate. These works were identified in 2024 as part of exhibition research for the show Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, and exhibited in that exhibition at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, Arkansas from October 3, 2025, to January 11, 2026. The exhibition traveled to the Chrysler Museum of Art in February 2026.Exhibition HistoryArchitects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, Arkansas, October 3, 2025, to January 11, 2026.
Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, Chrysler Museum of Art, February 20, 2026, to May 31, 2026.
Published ReferencesArchitects of Being: The Creative Lives of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, edited by Catherine Walworth, University of Arkansas Press, 2025, p. 81 (color illustration).
Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer in American Abstraction, edited by Sandra Kraskin, Hudson Hills Press, 2009, p. 104 (color illustration, cats. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76).
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